MANASSAS Va.—A water main burst Saturday morning in Manassas leaving many to start their weekend with low or no water pressure.

The water main ruptured in the area of Taney and Hood roads, in the city’s Georgetown South neighborhood. Crews are on the scene right now working to repair the main.

“We believe the water main break happened about 8:30 this morning,” said Manassas City Manager Lawrence D. Hughes. “If it happened overnight we would have noticed a drop in water pressure on our system.”

One resident who said he spoke with utility crews on the scene said a representative from the gas company was called in from West Virginia to mark gas lines in the area.

Hughes said gas lines had to be marked before any digging could be done to fix the water main.

“Right now they are working to find the source of the break, but I believe the water main is a large main, a six inch main,” Hughes added.

Crews could take up to six hours to fix the broken water main, Hughes said.

A Georgetown South resident said he called the city about 9:30 a.m. when he learned he had no water pressure inside of his home.

There is also residual damage to the road in the area of the water main break. Once the line is repaired the city will use a material called “cold cover” to make initial repairs to the road surface, but it won’t be until temperatures warm up that the road will look like it did before the break, said Hughes.

Staff writer Uriah A. Kiser can be reached at 703-878-8065.

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