42-inch water main break hits 10,000 customers and closes schools
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Updated · WDIV ClickOnDetroit · May 10
42-inch water main break hits 10,000 customers and closes schools
11 articles · Updated · WDIV ClickOnDetroit · May 10
The rupture happened at 1:30am in River Woods Park, Auburn Hills, draining the Orion Township water tower from 44.5 feet to 33 feet by 10am.
Lake Orion Community Schools closed Monday and Tuesday, three drinking-water distribution sites opened, and officials began planning evacuations for vulnerable senior residents as supplies dwindled.
A boil-water advisory remains for northern Auburn Hills and emergency water-use limits citywide; GLWA says repairs and recovery could take about two weeks after a leak was found on 6 May.
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After a 2025 crisis prompted new safety checks, why did another catastrophic water main failure occur just one year later?