Water main break shuts off RESCO plant feed

SAUGUS – A water-main break on the corner of Ballard Street and Route 107 snarled traffic and cut off water for the RESCO plant for much of Wednesday morning, as a crew from the Department of Public Works worked to repair the pipe and resurface the road.DPW Director Joe Attubato said a crack opened up in an 8-inch, cast iron main around 9 a.m. and was repaired and back in service at 3 p.m.?The water table down there is kind of high and that means it?s tidal down there,” said Attubato. “That salt water does a job on anything that?s underground down through all East Saugus and even parts of Lynn. The salt water over time causes problems and I feel that?s part of the reason why that broke.”The westbound side of Ballard Street off of Route 107 was closed for the day, as motorists traveling down 107 South had to find another way into Saugus.?I think they did a damn good job,” said Attubato of his crew. “And besides that when the water main was turned off, that impacted RESCO. The town of Saugus we helped them along. We brought them maybe 3,000 or 4,000 gallons of water.”Attubato said Wednesday?s break was one of at least two dozen this year, and would cost between $10,000 and $15,000 to fix.?We?ve got a lot of old pipes and we?ve been replacing them over the last 10 or 15 years the best we can,” said Attubato.