Water Main Breaks on Gillespie Street on Santa Barbara’s Westside

The block between Islay and Pedregosa streets is closed as crews work on repairs

Santa Barbara city crews work to repair and clean up a water main break Thursday morning on Gillespie Street between Islay and Pedregosa streets. (Lara Cooper / Noozhawk photo)

By Lara Cooper, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @laraanncooper | Published on 02.07.2013 12:04 p.m.

City crews were working to repair a water main break Thursday morning on a residential street on Santa Barbara’s Westside.

The break was reported about 5:30 a.m. Thursday, according to Raymond Lopez of the City of Santa Barbara Public Works Department.

Water began pouring out of a curb on Gillespie Street between Islay and Pedregosa streets, and that block remained closed as crews worked.

As of 9:30 a.m., the flow of water had stopped, but a deluge of mud remained on the street and sidewalks.

Lopez said a cause had not yet been identified.

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» Really? on 02.08.13 @ 05:20 PM

City cannot replace a old system in a timely manner because of economics. At the same time it rolls over to groups like the Channel Keepers to the tune of millions for what members of Channel Keepers admits has been fixed?

How about no more street narrowing, bulbouts, fancy sidewalks, tiled crosswalks until the basics have been fixed.

» 14noscams on 02.09.13 @ 11:19 AM

The city “rolled over” to a group known as the federal court, who employs the federal judge who arbitrated the settlement against the city, and the federal Environmental Protection Agency, who employs the attorneys who prosecuted the case against the city, which was filed as citizen’s litigation under the federal Clean Water Act, which the city violated over a period of 13 years,ignoring Channelkeepers lobbying for compliance with federal law throughout this period.

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