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Water Main Project on Post Rd from Downtown RR Bridge to Brookside Rd for Next Six Weeks

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Aquarion Water Company is starting to replace a water main under the Post Road in a project expected to take six weeks, with work overnight from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., Sunday through Thursday nights. And after that, the state Department of Transportation will be repaving the Post Road through town. Strap on your seat belts: It’s going to be a bumpy summer. Here’s an announcement issued Monday about the Aquarion project from Darien police:

Please be advised that the Aquarion Water Company has now commenced a substantial water main replacement project on U.S. 1 [the Post Road] between the Metro North Railroad Bridge and Brookside Road in advance of the state DOT [Department of Transportation] roadway resurfacing that is scheduled to occur later this summer. Because of the scope and in road location of the work involved, this work must occur at night.

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Water Mains To Be Replaced on Parts of Mansfield Ave, Buttonwood Lane

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In a 10-week project starting Wednesday and continuing through August, water mains will be replaced on all of Buttonwood Lane and part of Mansfield Avenue, and later on Brookside Drive. The project may cause temporary disruptions in water service and discolored water, Aquarion Water Company warned in its announcement Tuesday morning. The announcement has advice about how to deal with those problems.

There may be “minor traffic delays and possible detours during the working hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,” the utility also warns. Here’s the announcement from Aquarion (we’ve added links showing the parts of the streets where the mains will be replaced; Darien police also distributed the announcement Tuesday afternoon):

Aquarion Water Company today announced a water main replacement project on Buttonwood Lane from Brookside Road to Mansfield Avenue [that is, all of Buttonwood Lane], and on Mansfield Avenue from Buttonwood Lane north to Middlesex Road. Scheduled to begin June 14, 2017, the work is expected to be completed in 10 weeks.  The project will replace a total of 5,400 feet of existing 6-inch and 8-inch water main with 12-inch ductile iron main, as part of the company’s improvement plan to create a new water distribution “backbone” for the town of Darien.

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With Reservoir Levels Improving, Sprinkler Irrigation Ban Lifted in Favor of 2X-a-Week Use

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On Monday, May 1, Aquarion will remove the sprinkler irrigation ban and move to a twice-weekly, sprinkler irrigation schedule for customers in Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan and Stamford. ___________

— an announcement from Aquarion Water Co. ___________

Although reservoir levels have been improving, regionally, they are below last year’s levels. With the hottest months just around the corner, Aquarion Water Company and local officials have joined to restrict outdoor watering in four area towns to a maximum of twice weekly, on set days and during set time periods. Aquarion will be monitoring reservoir levels closely throughout the summer because the area is sensitive to drought.