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Updated · WDIV ClickOnDetroit · May 10
Schools cancel classes after water main break
Updated
Updated · WDIV ClickOnDetroit · May 10

Schools cancel classes after water main break

10 articles · Updated · WDIV ClickOnDetroit · May 10
  • Lake Orion Community Schools closed through Tuesday, Avondale cancelled Monday district-wide, and Oakland Community College halted in-person classes at its Auburn Hills campus.
  • Rochester schools said classes would continue with bottled water at affected buildings, while Pontiac said it was assessing impacts and would issue an update Sunday evening.
  • Emergency declarations or boil-water advisories were issued in Auburn Hills, Orion Township and the Village of Orion after the 42-inch transmission line break, with water disruption possibly lasting up to two weeks.
With aging pipes failing across the US, is Michigan's two-week water outage a preview of America's infrastructure future?
A known leak became a two-week crisis. Why wasn't this massive water main failure prevented before it happened?