Water accident Prague 13: 77 thousand households without water, closed schools and kindergartens!
“When everything goes according to plan, earthworks will continue until the evening and assembly work will begin in the evening. They will end around 8 am in the morning and then we will start filling the water lines with water, “said PVK spokesman Tomáš Mrázek on Wednesday at noon.
Prague 13 then informs on Thursday morning that workers with the replacement of water mains at a depth of 6 meters and a length of 12 meters ended around 3:30 in the morning. “Immediately afterwards, the filling and flushing of the water supply line began. performs analyzes of drinking water samples. If the water analyzes are satisfactory, its supply will probably be gradually resumed on the morning of 31 March 2022“Said the city district.
The cause of the accident of the 800 and 600 millimeter diameters was probably material fatigue. The first dates from 1982 and the second from 1989.
An accident on the water mains occurred at the Kopanina reservoir in Líšnická Street in the early evening on Wednesday. PVK solved alternative drinking water supply. “We have deployed all available capacity,” the spokesman said.
Due to the extent of the accident, PVK had to borrow three tanks from Kladno’s waterworks on Wednesday, and others had been arranged from Teplice. The Prague fire brigade provided the waterworks with another six tanks, which distributed only service water.
Closed schools and kindergartens
The city district of Prague 13 announced on its website that it was restricting traffic due to the accident of some schools. Those who found themselves without water were declared director’s leave. “We will try to keep kindergartens in safe operation, “Said representatives of Prague 13. It recommends residents to follow the information from individual schools and schools on their websites. Replacement supply will be provided according to available capacities.
The office in Prague-Řeporyje will also remain closed due to the accident, the mayor of Řeporyjí Pavel Novotný (ODS) informed on Facebook. “Due to the water accident and the unfavorable PVK forecast we are forced to close our school facilities for one day (Wednesday), about which we inform parents by all means. I emphasize that at the kindergarten we were looking for a way to ensure limited operation of the kindergarten in a short time. However, we must shut down both school facilities, a kindergarten and a primary school, tomorrow (Wednesday), as well as the city district office, “he wrote.
There was a water accident in Prague’s Stodůlky. (March 30, 2022) David Malík
Water accident in Stodůlky.
Author: Prague 13