DEP Working On Water Main Break

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Thursday June 12th 1:57 PM EDT

By Newsradio 88 Staff

Several blocks in lower Manhattan are without water because of a 12-inch main that broke around 5:00 this morning.

The Department Of Environmental Protection expects to have everything back on sometime this afternoon.

The 127-year-old pipe, at the northwest corner of Canal and Broadway, ruptured around 5:00 this morning, the cause is unknown.

The break caused no damage to the pavement.