WATERBURY — As work to fully restore water service in Waterbury continued Tuesday, city officials outlined plans to step up a capital project that they said could prevent a repeat of widespread disruptions following any future water main breaks. During a news conference on the ongoing restoration efforts, Mayor Paul K. Pernerewski Jr. and Water Superintendent Bradley Malay said city officials had been preparing to include a project to install additional bypass valves in the water system in the city’s capital improvement plan for the next fiscal year, but will now expedite the schedule. Large parts of the state’s fifth largest city and sections of surrounding towns receiving water service from Waterbury lost water following a water main break on Thomaston Avenue last Wednesday afternoon. At the outage’s peak, nearly 100,000 customers lost water, and city officials said 100% of Waterbury lost water at some point Friday night.
Waterbury water main break prompts city officials to fast-track system upgrades
