Water main breaks near Suburban Hospital leave residents without water since Tuesday

WSSC crew working on water main break at
Old Georgetown Rd. & McKinley St. last night

Two water main breaks near Suburban Hospital in Bethesda left customers on several nearby streets without water since noon on Tuesday. The two breaks are near the intersections of Old Georgetown Road and McKinley Street and Roosevelt Street at Rosewood Drive. According to one resident, a WSSC crew was able to initially fix the Roosevelt Street break, only to have the same pipe burst in a new location a few feet down the line. Streets impacted included McKinley, Roosevelt, Rosewood and Hazelwood Drive.

Last night, a large crew was working on the Old Georgetown break. WSSC says that the plummeting temperature of the Potomac River is a significant cause of water main breaks this time of year, in addition to major temperature changes as weather systems move through the area.