Some Burnaby residents woke up to a rather icky situation this morning: brown tap water coming out of the pipes.
City spokesperson Chris Bryan told the Burnaby NOW an eight-inch water service pipe to a private property along Goring Street between Holdom Avenue and Douglas Road broke the night of Oct. 9.
It caused "a significant increase in water velocity in the surrounding area pipes which clouded the water," Bryan said in an emailed statement.
"Crews are flushing neighbourhood pipes today," he added.
The city recommends affected residents flush their water system by "running the bathtub for a bit until it clears."
