Repairs and Spills

Utility technician wearing orange safety shirt and orange hard hat stands in freshly dug dirt hole as he uses a hand tool to install a metal valve with a blue lid to reduce water outage as they make a repair

Minimizing Water Disruptions To Customers: An Emergency Repair on IBM Drive

how Charlotte Water keeps water flowing during a water pipe repair

Why are People Standing Around a Construction Site / Repair Site?

Everyone has a job to do… To watch coworkers underground to ensure they are safe. If someone is injured they are to call 911. To communicate with equipment operators about…

How Does CLTWater Respond To A Wastewater Overflow?

First, what is a wastewater overflow? A wastewater overflow, also referred to as an SSO (Sanitary Sewer Overflow), is a release of untreated or partially treated sewage from a municipal…

bending over by a chain link fence, a utility technician wearing orange safety vest uses a yellow rectangular device attached to the side of a yellow fire hydrant to release water causing it to spew across grass onto a commercial driveway

Unidirectional Hydrant Flushing

Charlotte Water clears mineral deposits (sediment) from water pipes by flushing water through fire hydrants. The mineral deposits in the pipes are only dislodged when the water is flowing at…

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