LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. MORE THAN 130,000. METRO
DETROITERS REMAIN UNDER A BOIL
WATER ADVISORY FOLLOWING THIS
WEEKEND’S GIANT WATER MAIN BREAK
TONIGHT. THE WATER DISTRIBUTION
EFFORTS ARE IN FULL SWING, AND
THE TIME FRAME FOR FIX IS
LOOKING A BIT BETTER. IT MAY NOT
BE TWO FULL WEEKS OR MORE BEFORE
HOMES AND BUSINESSES CAN GET
BACK TO NORMAL. WE SURE HOPE NOT
BECAUSE SEVEN COMMUNITIES ARE
STILL BEING TOLD TO BOIL WATER,
AND THEY ARE THE VILLAGE OF
ALMONTE, BRUCE TOWNSHIP, BIRCH,
VILLE TOWNSHIP CITY, ROCHESTER,
SHELBY TOWNSHIP. IN WASHINGTON
TOWNSHIP SKY FOR GIVING US A
LOOK AT THE SITE OF THE BROKEN
MAIN IN FORT GRATIOT TOWNSHIP.
NEAR LAKE HERE ON THE
REPLACEMENT PIPE HAS ARRIVED,
AND THAT MAY BRING A QUICKER
RESOLUTION JASON COLTHORPE AND
SHELBY TOWNSHIP TONIGHT WE’RE IN
THE MEANTIME, PEOPLE WHO NEED
WATER ARE ABLE TO GET IT RIGHT
NOW, JASON WELL WERE
DEVIN SCILLIAN THROUGH 1000
CASES OF WATER HERE IN SHELBY
TOWNSHIP IN JUST THREE HOURS.
YOU CAN SEE ALL THAT’S LEFT IS
TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS TELLING
PEOPLE THE BAD NEWS WHO ARE JUST
PULLING INTO WHISPERING WOODS
PARK HERE, ONE OF THE THREE
DISTRIBUTION CENTERS THAT
THEY’RE ALL OUT. I MEAN, THEY
WERE PALLETS OF WATER HERE ALL
DAY. AT THREE DIFFERENT SITES.
THE OTHER TWO SITES ARE ALMOST
OUT THERE JUST HAVE JUGS OF
WATER LEFT. AND THE BAD NEWS IS
TOMORROW. THEY’RE ONLY GOING TO
HAVE 500 CASES HALF OF WHAT THEY
HAD TODAY. WATER EMERGENCY
REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR
133,000 PEOPLE, 80,000 OF WHOM
LIVE IN SHELBY TOWNSHIP. YEP NO
PROBLEM. THERE ARE THREE
EMERGENCY DISTRIBUTION SITES SET
UP FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE UNABLE TO
BOIL WATER OR CANNOT LEAVE THE
HOUSE. IT’S VERY HARD FOR US.
WE’RE IN OUR NINETIES CARS
QUICKLY BACKED UP AT WHISPERING
WOODS PARK OFF 21 MILE ROAD WE
USED JUST FOR DRINKING BECAUSE I
HAVE TO DRINK LIKE FOUR OR FIVE
MILES A DAY. SO 12 OR 14 24 PACK
DOES NOT LAST VERY LONG. I’M NOT
USED TO BULLYING WATER, SO IT’S
A LITTLE BIT BUT OTHERWISE NOT
TOO BAD. BRUSHING MY TEETH IS
REALLY HARD TO DO IT. HOW YOU
DOING DRUNK? LIKE MUCH OF OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE. YOU KNOW, WE’RE
GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE
PROBLEMS LIKE THIS COUNTY
EXECUTIVE MARK HACKEL WAS AT THE
BROKEN PIPE SITE THIS MORNING IN
FOUR GRATIOT TOWNSHIP. THE GOOD
NEWS IS THE SECTION OF 120 INCH
PIPE NEEDED TO FIX. THE BROKEN
MAIN HAS ALREADY ARRIVED FROM
TEXAS STILL HAVE AREAS OF
CONCERN BECAUSE COUNTY
SPECIFICALLY HIS VAN DYKE
QUARTER THEY’RE STILL NOT
GETTING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
PRESSURE, ALBEIT EVERYBODY’S GOT
PRESSURE ENOUGH TO TAKE CARE OF
SANITARY ISSUES IN THEIR HOMES,
EVEN SHOWERING, BUT IT’S ABOUT
THE DRINKING WATER. IF THIS GOES
TWO WEEKS, I MEAN, JUST PUT IT
INTO PERSPECTIVE. IT’S GOT TO BE
VERY HARD FOR US VERY HARD. YEAH
HARD ON A LOT OF FOLKS. THAT’S
NO KIDDING, AND YOU CAN SEE THIS
WAS SCHEDULED TO GO FROM 2 TO 7
TONIGHT. IT WILL ALSO GO
TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY AS LONG
AS THEY HAVE SUPPLIES OF WATER
LIKE THAT, AND THE TOWNSHIP ALSO
WANTED US TO STRESS. THIS IS AN
EMERGENCY DISTRIBUTION. THEY’RE
ASKING FOR COOPERATION. THEY
WON’T TURN ANYONE AWAY. BUT IF
ANYONE CAN GET BY WITHOUT
GETTING THE FREE WATER, THEY’D
LIKE IT TO GO TO THE PEOPLE WHO
REALLY DO NEED IT. AS FOR THAT
FIX MARK HACKEL STRESS THAT YOU
KNOW THAT TWO WEEK TIME FRAME,
THEY GOT THE PIPE QUICKLY, BUT
THEY DO HAVE TO RUN THAT TEST ON
THE WATER AFTER THEY GET IT
FIXED, AND HE SAID THE FIX MIGHT
BE A LITTLE MORE INTRICATE THAN
THEY THINK. SO THAT ONE IS
ANYONE’S GUESS. AT THIS WHOLE.
THIS POINT YOU CAN JUST CROSS
YOUR FINGERS WILL HAVE MUCH MORE
ON HOW THIS IS AFFECTING
RESTAURANTS COMING UP TONIGHT AT
SIX. WE’RE IN SHELBY TOWNSHIP,
JASON COLTHORPE LOCAL FORMS
STRUGGLE RIGHT NOW. ALRIGHT,
JASON BACK TO YOU HERE AT SIX
O’CLOCK RIGHT NOW AND
CLICKONDETROIT’S DOT COM WE’VE
GOT ALL SORTS OF RESOURCES FOR
THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY
THIS WATER MAIN BREAK, YOU’LL
FIND A FULL BREAKDOWN OF WHAT
RESIDENTS NEED TO KNOW, ALONG
WITH THE CDCS BEST. PRACTICES
FOR BOIL WATER ADVISORIES. IT’S
ALSO A LIST OF LOCATIONS FOR AS
WE JUST SAW WITH JASON THERE