SAN ANTONIO – Water gushed through a North Side neighborhood Monday night after a contractor hits a pipe underground. The accident happened at Rim Oak & Trace Oak near Henderson Pass.
The water spewed from a broken 6 inch pipe underground surfaced as a bubbling mess in Jennifer Jones' driveway.
"Houses are kind of on a slant, so I'm really concerned about flooding, any sort of structural damage. I know our driveway is definitely buckling and there's holes," Jones said.
She watched the hydrant, undone to release pressure, created a swimming pool in her street. It all heightened her concern with wasted water.
"Walking though our backyard, it's already 2 or 3 inches deep," she said.
Around 4:45 p.m., SAWS said a contractor working in the area hit a 6-inch pipe.
"I think there is a lot of rock underneath here and so it is complicated," said neighbor Brooke Pate.
Gary West lives two homes down from where the leak originated. He believes that rocky geography may have to do with other issues he said contractors have had this summer in the neighborhood.
"Most of them have told us they were not prepared for the rock in this area and thought they were going to come into a dirt job. Most of them have stayed a few days and left. We've had a number of occasions where they've hit a number of utility lines," he said.
However he said this was the biggest issue yet.
"Our water pressure is very low right now," West said.
He hoped the water lost wouldn't affect the water pressure come Tuesday morning.
SAWS got to the area to begin fixing the leak around 7 p.m. A SAWS representative told KSAT it would be a four to six hour job. The water utility could not confirm what job contractors were working on, or when water pressure would be restored.