<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Just an FYI - I live on Kentucky Ave on a block where DC water recently did a water shutoff. Apparently when the water was turned back on and the system was repressurized it caused the backflow preventer on our hot water heater to break, resulting in a very slow water leak that ended up causing some damage.</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Can I prove it was the cause? No, but the leak began immediately after the repressurization and when I told the plumber what was happening his first question was "Was the water to your house recently cut off and represurized, because I've seen that cause this problem before?" </div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I don't know whether this is a rare phenomenon and whether it's avoidable, but thought I'd let people know.</div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 4:40 PM Holtzman, Steve (SMD 6B05) <<a href="mailto:6B05@anc.dc.gov" target="_blank">6B05@anc.dc.gov</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
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Hi Roxanne,</div>
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I hear you. </div>
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Residents on Kentucky Ave. will remember that I sent them a similar notice about an impending DC Water shutoff to them last month only to find out later that DC Water only needed to shut off water (daytime) to the eastern side of the street and left the western
side alone. In that case, DCWATER did, somewhere internally, know which exact addresses they were going to impact, they just didn't include that kind of detail in notices to affected ANC commissioners. </div>
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For after-hours work, as is the case here, they need ANC commissioners representing affected residents to sign off and give a clearance before they can schedule the work. Based on the experience last month, I noted to DC WATER that I could only give them that
sign-off if they first gave me the specific addresses affected and the hours they'd be affected. Hence the exact list of addresses I posted. I also wanted the exact date. But, they said they couldn't set this until after they got their permit. They told me
they'd have a date, hopefully this weekend. </div>
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As to the hours of work, their answer was that the kind of shutoff they need, if done in daytime, would have forced the dry cleaner to close business for a day. There may have been other reasons as well. In re the number of hours and the starting time, I don't
know. Based on past experience, they sometimes give themselves a margin of error by announcing longer shutoff hours than they actually need, and hopefully that will be the case here. Still, better to assume the period of hours that they have announced and
plan accordingly.</div>
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And, yes, there have been situations where they have announced work for a specific day and time period and then end up having to postpone it. I don't have any control over that. But, in our ANC6B clearance, we've stipulated that DC Water notify residents and
the ANC if there are any changes in the households affected or in the announced date and timings of the shutoff. Ideally, affected households should get individual notices. Them telling me is more like a failsafe in case that doesn't work. And, If I get that
kind of notice, I'll send something out to everyone immediately.</div>
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best,</div>
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(fyi, You're mapped into ANC6b08 which is also the case for about 75% of the potentially affected households in this case. As I noted, the seat is vacant until after the Nov. election,so, in the interim, as the commissioner for the adjoining district, I'm trying
to do what I can to cover you guys as well.). </div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 16, 2022 2:02 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:lincolnparkdc@lincolnparkdc.info" target="_blank">lincolnparkdc@lincolnparkdc.info</a> <<a href="mailto:lincolnparkdc@lincolnparkdc.info" target="_blank">lincolnparkdc@lincolnparkdc.info</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Lincolnparkdc] DC Water will shut off water for one night next week to 7 blocks in Lincoln Park area (Holtzman, Steve (SMD 6B05))</font>
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<div style="font-size:small">Steve, thanks for the heads up about this. </div>
<div style="font-size:small">We had a DC Water door hanger a few weeks ago saying they were shutting off water the next day from 7 pm to 7 am.</div>
<div style="font-size:small">We rushed out and bought enough bottled water to cook dinner, flush the toilets, fill the dog dishes, etc. -- and then it didn't happen.</div>
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<div style="font-size:small">Does anyone know why this starts so early in the evening? And why do they need so long?</div>
<div style="font-size:small">Could they not start at 10 or 11 pm when many people are getting ready for sleep? </div>
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