MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) A water main break in Montpelier Tuesday displaced 650 state workers and closed a school.
With aging infrastructure and little money for upgrades, the problem persists.
It’s not that bad," Montpelier Public Works Supervisor Brian Tuttle said.
Tuttle spent most of Tuesday trying to stop a major leak from a broken main.
And all this is an inconvenience, too," Konstantin said.
Public Works Director Tom McArdle says aging infrastructure could be a factor.
That’s about middle-aged when it comes to water pipes in Vermont.
"We have water mains in Montpelier that are upward of 100 years old," McArdle said.
Karen Horn with the Vermont League of Cities and Towns says aging infrastructure is a widespread problem "We’re talking huge dollars," she said.
Montpelier, like the rest of Vermont, is working to patch its system for now.