There’s a seemingly never-ending amount of large water leaks in the city and one a block away from the Sewerage and Water Board Carrolton Power Plant came as no surprise to residents.
While St. John the Baptist was known for christening believers in water, residents said large pooling outside of the church with his namesake near the corner was not wanted.
The streaming trail of water from a manhole on the corner of Panola Street and Leonidas Street was something local residents said had to be stopped immediately.
Megan Douglas lives down the street and for the past week, nearly every day she said she has had to drive carefully to avoid the water gushing out of the manhole.
"This is a one-way street, so every time I come home I have to drive through here," Douglas said.
"What's more concerning to me is that it's coming up from the middle of the street so that means that there's more water coming here than what we can see," Douglas said.
People in the neighborhood were quick to point out that this leak was right across the street from the Sewerage and Water Board plant, including resident Samuel Macaluso.
"I don't know if this is a result of the heavy construction they've been doing here but it definitely hasn't been improved since they started," Macaluso said.
After Eyewitness News reporters made calls to the S&WB Tuesday, late that afternoon emergency crews responded to the scene. S&WB Spokesman Richard Rainey said the utility had been aware of the leak.
"In this case an inspector came out on Sunday, did not list it as an emergency priority," Rainey said.
Rainey said he believes somehow the water main's condition deteriorated and burst after that visit.
"So it's a 48-inch water main, which is big enough to warrant a good enough amount of people to fix," Rainey said.
Crews were working to stop the water from overflowing on Tuesday. However, Rainey explained that these pipes could be potentially very old, which could make the fix take several days.
"There are potholes along the entire length of the street," Douglas said.
While some may be relieved to see repairs, others now worry there’s still a lot to be done on Panola Street.