U Street floods after valve replacement malfunctions

Published July 26, 2010 4:00am ET



A broken water main flooded the intersection of 18 and U streets Tuesday afternoon, closing streets and causing some damage to buildings.

According to Alan Heymann, director of public affairs for the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority, scheduled valve replacement work was done Monday night and the valve malfunctioned.

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