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WASA has crews out working to repair a broken, 8" water main at 3rd and Allison Streets NW, near Rock Creek Cemetery. Water has been shut off in the immediate area since at least 7:30 a.m., leaving roughly 30 homes without water. WASA estimates repairs will take 6 to 8 hours.

A water main break near 16th Street and Park Road NW this morning has left some customers in the area without water. Workers responding to the scene also report that water spilling out onto the street has caused icy conditions around the break, thanks to freezing temperatures. A salt truck has been requested. Work crews estimate the break will be repaired by 5 p.m.

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The AlertDC system, responding about four hours late to the game, is reporting that the water main break at 16th and L Streets NW that throttled downtown traffic this morning is not estimated to be repaired until 6 p.m. at the earliest. That means you should plan on your trek home possibly being as infuriating as the trip to the office was this a.m. DDOT is still advising motorists to avoid 16th and 17th Streets downtown.

We've been getting a steady stream of emails from frustrated readers who arrived at their offices late this morning due to 16th Street NW being closed, at first below M Street, and now we're told as far north as up to R Street. The mess is due to a water main break at 16th and L Streets (part of L is also closed) that's also causing low water pressure for a couple of office buildings at the intersection. We'll update when we have more, but in the meantime, we're hearing it'd be best to avoid 16th, 17th and K and L Streets in the area.

WASA representative Pamela Mooring wrote us to let us know more about the incident (or, as it turns out, incidents) we reported earlier: "This morning we had a 48” valve near Soldiers Home (NW) that needed to be adjusted. That caused low water pressure in a wide area of the District. We opened the valve, and water pressure was restored. The 6” water main work at 12th and O Streets, NW, is unrelated. There was a leak there reported Saturday, but the area was not taken out of service until crews could perform the work today. The estimate for completion of the work and restoration of water is around 5 pm this evening." Those of you still without water should see that resolved in the next couple hours.

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DCist staffers are reporting water outages across the city. Acording to WASA's site, it's the result of a six-inch broken main at 12th & O Streets NW. No word on how long the water will be out. Are you experiencing an outage? Let us know where in the comments.