via News5:
Single digit temperatures have exploited Cleveland’s aging water system, as a series of water main breaks plagued all parts of northeast Ohio over the past couple of days.
News 5 covered major water main breaks on Triskett at W. 126, Lorain Road at Rocky River Drive, and on Holland Road in Brook Park.
The growing number of water main breaks caused water service interruptions, closed roads and produced boil alerts.
The Cleveland Division of Water has been responding, and has committed $26 million a year through 2021 to water main replacement, but Cleveland Councilman Michael Polensek believes there is no way the utility can keep pace with critical upgrades on its own.
Polensek said massive federal dollars are needed to help replace northeast Ohio’s aging water system, which includes some water mains that are 150 years old.
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