Water main break shuts down service near Carpenter Park

A caller near Carpenter Park reported to Havre Police Tuesday at 3:39 p.m. seeing signs of a water main break in the area.

Havre Public Works Director Dave Peterson said a water main break occurred near the intersection of Sixth Street and 12th Avenue. Water was shut off to a one to two block area for the night, but a crew was out first thing this morning to start the repair, he said.

Peterson said that if all goes as planned, his crew should be done with the repair by this afternoon. Because the frost isn’t very deep into the ground, he added, digging to get to the water line should go pretty easily, so the only thing that will slow them down is if something surprising happens or is found.