{"id":325325,"date":"2025-12-02T03:46:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T03:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/325325\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T03:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T03:46:07","slug":"crews-work-to-fix-water-main-break-in-downtown-lynchburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/325325\/","title":{"rendered":"Crews work to fix water main break in downtown Lynchburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET)  \u2014 Crews are working to fix a water main break in downtown Lynchburg on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>The break occurred on 10th and Commerce Streets, and according to Lynchburg Water Resources, the break was 10 inches.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"(Lynchburg Water Resources)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fe897abd-b70b-4c49-bd2e-077c3a5db892-592667624_1285025793663439_8380955115482534175_n.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Lynchburg Water Resources)<\/p>\n<p>As of 9:20 p.m., LWR said the water pressure has been lowered.<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/wset.com\/news\/local\/crews-ready-as-freezing-rain-threatens-virginia-roads-drivers-urged-to-use-caution-virginia-department-of-transportation-wintry-weather-driving-tips-december-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Crews ready as freezing rain threatens Virginia roads; drivers urged to use caution<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Customers in the area who experience air or discolored water in their waterlines should run cold water in their bathtub for three to five minutes until the water clears,&#8221; said LWR. &#8220;Do not run hot water. If the water remains discolored longer than five minutes, please contact Lynchburg Water Resources.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>You can contact them at 434-455-4250.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) \u2014 Crews are working to fix a water main break in downtown Lynchburg on Monday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-325325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}