Apr 1, 2021
MARION, OH–Next week, Aqua Ohio (Aqua) will begin a project to retire 4,200 linear feet of water main serving customers along Church Street between Windsor Street and South Greenwood Street. The project is expected to be complete by the end of May.
The four-inch water main being retired is believed to have been in service for more than 130 years having been installed sometime in the 1890’s. The nearly 50 customers attached to the old main will be connected to a twelve-inch water main that spans the other side of the street.
“This project is about improving service reliability and removing a redundancy in the system,” said Aqua Ohio’s Area Manager Scott Ballenger. “The main we are removing has lasted a long time but we’ve seen the frequency of water main breaks, and resulting service interruptions, increase over the past several years and it's time to take action.”