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Most Nyack homes, businesses without water after main break

Crews work on repairing a water main break

Photo credit: John Meore | Crews work on repairing a water main break at 34 N. Greenbush Rd. in West Nyack. (Aug. 11, 2011)

Some 15,000 homes and businesses in Nyack are without running water after a water main break early Saturday knocked out most of the system, Mayor Jen White said.

The first sign of problems came early Saturday morning, and an initial assessment at 7 a.m. suggested the problem was confined to one neighborhood and a few houses. By noon, "it became clear the problems extended to the whole system,"...

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