Dayton water main break: Some eateries stayed open despite water pressure

DAYTON — The large water main break Monday on North Keowee Street and the boil water alert that followed it a few hours later affected several businesses in the area.

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Most, especially those of the restaurant variety, remained open despite the loss in water pressure caused by the ruptured line or lines.

Monday afternoon, Public Health - Dayton & Montgomery County released a statement advising some establishments to close if they were affected by the water main break: “If you are a restaurant, bar or grocery store and do not have water service, you are advised to close until service is returned,” read the statement.

The boil advisory alert was announced about 8:10 p.m.

“We use water all around the [Cold] Stone [Creamery] to keep it clean, as well as all the utensils,” Luis Gutierrez told News Center 7′s Ronnell Hunt.

Over at El Rancho Grande, around the way on Brown Street, Carlos Morales said, “We need the water to cook the beans and chicken and everything. When the water broke down like that, we’re like ‘Oh\ No,’ and the rush hour comes after five. So we were worried about how are we going to open or close.”

Some businesses, such as Chipotle, also on Brown, shut down.

Tasha Maxwell said she wasn’t expecting that. The closing, she said, surprised her.

Sinclair Community College canceled night classes and University of Dayton officials told employees who were working remotely to continue doing so, at least through Tuesday, because the broken main was causing issues with water pressure on campus.

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