Saratoga: Water problems from below

As Encampment was digging out from a spring snowstorm, town of Saratoga employees were digging holes in the street to repair a 10 inch water main that had burst on Spring Ave.

The broken part of the main, near Third Street and Spring Avenue is located between St. Ann's Church and the Platte Valley Community Center.

The alleyway between Bridge and Spring Avenues looked more like a waterway, and the storm drains were so backed up that large puddles of water were showing up on Main Avenue and Third Street.

Chuck Bartlett, town of Saratoga engineer went and checked the site on Main and Third to ensure it was not another water main break.

"We don't need another time like a few years ago where we had five breaks in one day," Chuck said as we headed toward his city truck to check the flooding two blocks north of the break.

Silt and sand filled the street as Chuck McVey used the backhoe to dig into the street. Water was filling in the hole fast as McVey could dig to try and reach the water main.

A Code Red went out to residents enrolled in the program advising them of the water main break Monday afternoon.

Crews are working to repair the main as quickly as possible, Bartlett said.