The saying ‘When it rains it pours’ is rather fitting for a series of unanticipated repairs needed on South Vernal Avenue on Thursday. In the late morning, Vernal City announced that there was a water main break near 846 South Vernal Avenue resulting in a water outage for residents in the area. Crews got to work and estimated that water would be back on in the area by later in the afternoon. At around 5:00pm, Vernal City announced that while the water main break near 846 South Vernal Avenue had been successfully repaired, another break had been discovered closer to the Rec Center. This required water to remain off while the crews worked on the new break. Around 8:00pm, Vernal City announced that an additional water leak had been discovered north of Ashley Regional Medical Center and that Ashley Valley Water and Sewer were working diligently on that repair and both water leaks were expected to be repaired by around 11 pm. While Vernal City had not made an announcement on the repairs at the time this story went to print early Friday morning, residents were reporting that water had come back on at least in their neighborhoods by late Thursday night.
