{"id":316203,"date":"2026-05-14T23:20:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T23:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/316203\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T23:20:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T23:20:24","slug":"oakland-county-residents-show-their-appreciation-to-glwa-workers-amid-water-main-repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/316203\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland County residents show their appreciation to GLWA workers amid water main repairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/lah691gu4dc9knbp.jpg\" alt=\"A show of appreciation for GLWA workers for water main fix\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/video\/fmc-wpbp69o7b13p7nk1\" data-v-4292be72=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A show of appreciation for GLWA workers for water main fix<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-4292be72=\"\">Great Lakes Water Authority initially assessed the repair as a two-week process, but GLWA crews put in countless hours to accomplish the massive project in just a few days. Now, Oakland County is taking time to tell work crews, \u2018Thank you.\u2019<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (FOX 2) &#8211; It\u2019s been an around-the-clock, all-hands-on-deck effort to fix a water main break in northern Oakland County that left thousands of households without water.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WJBK\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">Big picture view:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Great Lakes Water Authority initially assessed the repair as a two-week process, but GLWA crews put in countless hours to accomplish the massive project in just a few days.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Now, Oakland County is taking time to tell work crews, \u2018Thank you.\u2019<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Earlier Thursday afternoon, the Oakland County Executive came out personally to thank the crews and provide lunch for workers.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The water main break happened at River Woods Park on Sunday, just days after a leak had been discovered. A state of emergency was declared, and officials told thousands of households across the county to restrict water usage.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">GLWA crews stepped up to the plate, worked around the clock, and completed the job within days instead of weeks, and now they\u2019re receiving a show of gratitude.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WJBK\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Yesterday, GLWA announced that emergency water restrictions were lifted. Residents can now wash clothes, dishes, and take showers, but the boil water advisory remains in effect.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">That has many residents stopping by water distribution sites set up across the county to help those affected.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The boil water advisory is expected to continue throughout the weekend.<\/p>\n<p> Watch FOX 2 Detroit LIVE:     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/tag\/us\/mi\/oakland-county\/auburn-hills\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Auburn Hills<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A show of appreciation for GLWA workers for water main fix Great Lakes Water Authority initially assessed the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[3443,249,100,143,904,145,144,1181],"class_list":["post-316203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-auburn-hills","tag-mi","tag-news","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-county","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}