Water lines break in Niwot

A water main break at Walker Drive and Marathon Road in Morton Heights on Wednesday, Nov. 13, cut off water to approximately 15 homes in the Morton Heights subdivision in Niwot. Left Hand Water District discovered the break around 6 p.m. Wednesday night, according to resident John Thornbury.

Homes between Niwot Road and Comanche Road were affected, but Niwot Elementary

School, which is connected to a Morton Road water main, did not suffer a loss of service.

"Our water was restored about noon on Thursday, 18 hours after shutoff," Thornbury said. "The workers said that these were old water mains and it is not uncommon with the temperature fluctuations we've had over the past month for problems and breakages to occur. They had another water main break shortly after ours at Meadowdale and Neva Road."

Nixcavating was hired by the district to find the broken main and service was restored to the residents by Nov. 14.