A leak has appeared in front of my house. Its the wet spot in the street. I know its a leak because it hasn't dried up, even when it was 109 degrees outside.
It's likely that a water pipe beneath the street is leaking and the water is flowing up. It's also probably draining away the dirt and rocks beneath the street, so I may very have a large pothole soon.
This is an infrastructure issue, and it falls under the authority of the city, specifically the public works department.
This is a city thing - a municipality. It fits within the subject of local government, but one of the many different types that exist. By the way, if you don't live in a city, this service will be provided by the county. If it is provided at all. And these are funded by property taxes, as well as revenue drawn form water bills and sales taxes.
I called 311 to report it and a few days later the blue flag appeared, and then the red marks appeared the day after that. I'm assuming that this will be a hole at some point soon allowing city workers to repair the water main. I may be without water for while.
In case you are curious, the black spot across the road is one of my cats, chillin, diggin the scene, like cats do.
Some links to put this sort of thing in context.
- Houston Public Works.
- 311 Home Page.
- Houston 311 Service Requests.
- Houston City Council: DISTRICT G: Water Main Replacements.
- Houston Water.
