Residents in the Rosewood neighborhood near Superior Street encountered a flood of water rushing out from underneath the street Thursday, after what Columbia Water officials believe was a 12-inch water main splitting down the center.
“Anything 12 (inches) and above gets to be a real big deal. It can do a lot of damage real quick to the roadway or the property,” said Clint Shealy, Columbia’s top water official. “It was a lot of water.”
Residents Thursday were met with the sound the water rushing out of the road so fast that it raised the asphalt up above the rest of the road by several inches, visible in a video posted to the “Rosewood Riff Raff” Facebook group just before 2 p.m. Thursday…