[RP TownTalk] water main break at Madison and Taylor

[Euniverz at aol.com]

As a former employee of the New York City electric company, Con Edison, I  
have been trained to let the utilities and/or first responders know when wires,  
water, or gas aren't where they're supposed to be. I would need to disagree  
with taking the problem first to a council member.  Call the folks who can  
fix it, alert elected officials after.  I would not have been able to  live with 
myself when my neighbor, standing in her flooded basement, asked  me why I 
didn't call WSSC if I saw water coming out of the asphalt in the middle  of the 
road.  
 
I finally got through to WSSC in the early afternoon and reported it.   The 
fire department finally drove past the break about 2 or 3pm.  And the  mayor 
and councilmember have contacted me to let me know they are aware.   So now 
there's nothing left to do but...  
 
...wait for the boil water alert...
 
Adrianne Lefkowitz
Madison and 48th
 

This is  the type of problem that should be addressed first to a Council 
Member. If  their response is not prompt or adequate you may try calling the 
Mayor. Trying  to deal with  utilities is time consuming and often frustrating  
experience. We have a governing body that was voted into office for just this  
type of problem. My experience has been good, and I'm pleased with the mayor  
and those on the town council. We can only hope the they can cut trough the  red 
tape of public utilities and town services better than private property  
owners and town residents. 
Gerald King

_Euniverz at aol.com_ (mailto:Euniverz at aol.com)  wrote:  
 
Water is bubbling up in the middle of Madison Street at the corner of  Taylor 
Road.  It has been active from at least 8:30 am, when I  first saw it.  I 
reported it to the Riverdale Police dept dispatch, who  declined to report it and 
instead gave me the emergency number to  WSSC.  I have not been able to get 
through to WSSC; the line has been  constantly busy for hours on end. I 
reported it to the fire department since  there is a fire hydrant just a few feet 
away.  Almost 4 hours later, it  doesn't look like anyone has investigated or 
done anything so I reported it  to the fire department again.  And WSSC's 
emergency line is still  busy.
 
This is a disconcerting trend since there seems to have been a similar  
problem at the corner of 410 and Taylor. What's going on and why is the  response 
so slow?  This might only be a bad problem now, but the longer  it goes on it 
can become a neighborhood disaster...
 
Adrianne Lefkowitz
Madison and 48th
 
 
 
 
 
 




 
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