Main-line break at Sturgeon Point could affect 35K southtown customers

DERBY, N.Y. (WIVB) — Workers at the Sturgeon Point treatment plant on Sunday afternoon noticed water bubbling at the surface in the area of one of two massive lines that transport treated water from the plant to customers. It was the first sign that something below was very wrong.
The leak grew worse, and it was eventually determined the plant’s 42-inch line — buried 18 to 20 feet in the ground — had sprung a leak.
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