Water service has been restored at two locations in Venice where flooding occurred this weekend in scenes uncomfortably close to the disaster that unfolded in West Hollywood two days earlier, utility officials said Sunday.
A water pipe rupture was reported at about 8 a.m. Saturday at 2300 Eastern Court, just south of Venice Boulevard, and involved a pipe owned by a landlord and not the city, according to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.
A spokeswoman for the DWP told City News Service that DWP crews investigated the rupture, but “it turned out to be a property leak. The customer requested to leave service off for now.”
At about 12:25 p.m. Saturday, flooding was reported at 1716 Main St., a few blocks away.
Spokesman Jamie Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department said that flooding was caused by a water main break in an alley. The LAFD was on the scene about 10 minutes before the DWP took over, he said.
Photos from the scene showed a significant amount of water flooding an alley.
Venice resident Mark Ryavec told CNS that he spoke with a deputy to City Councilwoman Traci Park, who represents the Venice area. Ryavec said the water had been shut off and was no longer flowing.
The DWP spokeswoman told CNS on Sunday that service for both locations was restored, but no further information was provided. It was not clear whether the incidents were related.
The Venice flooding was far less severe than Thursday’s major flood in West Hollywood, where some 17 million gallons of water flowed into the streets after a 110-year-old section of pipe broke, but they were still unnerving for residents.
“I woke up to the sound of spraying. I saw water spewing into the sky above my apartment building,” Venice Canals resident Raleigh Tomlinson told The California Post. “… It filled up the entire street for about a block with deep water.”