San Antonio prepares for another record-breaking summer of water main breaks

Gilbert Santos, manager of Northeast operations for distribution and collection at SAWS, demonstrates how a reed cutter is used on aging cast iron pipes in San Antonio.As triple-digit days descend upon San Antonio, the San Antonio Water System staff is preparing for what is already promising to be another record-breaking season of water main breaks.

Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. “What we’re doing to prepare for that — we’re here doing a better job cutting down our response time to make sure that we get to these leaks faster, we’re looking at our crews to see where we can better respond to the leaks,” he said.

Since the early 2000s, SAWS has been using high-density polyethylene pipes for new installations, a type of flexible plastic that is food-grade safe and less likely to break from shifting soil, said Gilbert Santos, a SAWS operations manager. For SAWS last year, that season was from July through September, although it can also be between May and September, depending on the rainfall each year, Mendoza said.

While SAWS was able to squeeze these 50 new employees in under its existing approved budget last year, Mendoza did note additional funding may be needed in the future to hire more staff as the system continues to grow.

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