Sinkhole repair crew cut water line to homes in Lake Forest Park

Photo by Jerry Pickard

Shoreline Area News photographer Jerry Pickard woke up Monday morning to no water in his Lake Forest Park home. He went looking for the answer and found that the crews repairing the 178th sinkhole had accidentally cut the water line.

He was still waiting for water four hours later, but in the meantime, he got these shots of the repairs.

Photo by Jerry Pickard

Belated update! Lake Forest Park Water District Manager Alan Kerley says that the crews did not cut the line. When they exposed the line, they discovered that it was broken and leaking, probably from shifting of the earth around the pipe. They had to turn off the water to replace the broken pipe sections.