Glendale water main break disrupts school and homes

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – A large water main break in Glendale had Missouri American Water crews busy Thursday morning.

The large break happened on North Sappington Road, south of Manchester Road, in front of North Glendale Elementary School. Crews fixed the main break around 7 a.m. Thursday morning and have since cleared the scene.

Missouri American Water released a map of the break that showed the main impacted area to be along North Sappington Road, generally speaking between Alexandra Avenue and Chelsea Avenue.

North Sappington, which is a pretty busy road in the area, was closed between Kirkham Avenue and Brownell Avenue for an extended period of time.

Fox 2’s Nissan Rogue Runner Brian Howe was at the scene of the break overnight. An advisory from Missouri American Water says the break happened about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday night. Missouri American says repairs were expected to take about 12 hours to complete.

Missouri American Water officials say the issue transpired due to an old 6″ main break that was installed back in 1912. Crew were able to fix the break, fill the hole, and clear the scene before North Glendale Elementary School was set to begin at 8:30 a.m.

Authorities have alerted school officials about the situation, and the school is still expected to hold classes on Thursday.

Missouri American Water advised customers in the area that they may experience discolored or cloudy water, low water pressure, or no water at all while the repairs were taking place.

This is a developing story; Fox 2 will provide more information once it enters the newsroom.

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