{"id":791610,"date":"2026-07-29T16:05:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/791610\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T16:05:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:05:20","slug":"water-main-break-in-gravette-causes-street-flooding-leaves-some-residents-without-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/791610\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Main Break in Gravette Causes Street Flooding, Leaves Some Residents Without Water"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gravette residents face water disruptions after second water main break<\/p>\n

\"Chip<\/a>\"Drake<\/a>GRAVETTE, Ark. \u2014<\/p>\n

People living on Baker Street and Main Street in Gravette are seeing water disruptions this morning after a second water main break was discovered early Wednesday morning, according to the mayor’s office.<\/p>\n

Crews with the City of Gravette have started pumping out water to identify the second break. Part of Dallas Street is closed while crews are working.<\/p>\n

City crews worked for hours Tuesday night to repair an initial water main break, but shortly after completing those repairs, a second break was found in the same area near Persimmon and Dallas Street. <\/p>\n

The Gravette mayor said the break was caused by a fiber optic company striking the water line.<\/p>\n

The break happened around 5 p.m. near the intersection of Persimmon Street and Dallas Street, sending water rushing through the area and creating an unusual scene that drew the attention of residents passing by.<\/p>\n

One city worker was seen repeatedly diving beneath the fast-moving water in an effort to reach the damaged line while other crews worked to contain the flooding. <\/p>\n

Despite the dramatic flooding, the mayor said only a small number of customers in the immediate area lost water service.<\/p>\n

By Tuesday night, crews had begun pumping water out of the flooded area, a step officials say should help speed up repairs. Workers are expected to remain on scene into the night until the line is fixed.<\/p>\n

City officials have not provided an estimated timeline for when repairs will be completed or when affected customers will have water service restored.<\/p>\n

Residents were encouraged to avoid the area around Persimmon Street and Dallas Street while crews continue their work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gravette residents face water disruptions after second water main break GRAVETTE, Ark. \u2014 People living on Baker Street…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":791611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[14854,4,450,91822,172628,25611,336479,336484,451,336481,3,178114,35899,14857,336482,452,453,282,336483,336480,18408],"class_list":["post-791610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-area","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-city-crew","tag-city-worker","tag-customer","tag-dallas-street","tag-gravette-mayor","tag-headlines","tag-late-tuesday-night","tag-news","tag-persimmon","tag-repair","tag-resident","tag-second-break","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-water","tag-water-disruption","tag-water-line","tag-water-main-break"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791610","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=791610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}