Massive clean-up and repairs after water main break INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Crews tore through East 22nd Street after the water main break flooded businesses and vehicles stranded Thursday morning. For businesses directly in the flood zone, it’s clean-up time. Steve Overbey, the shop forema n at Greenfields Sign & Lighting, says, “All the carpet is tore out. All the base board trim tore out. We’re giving the entire shop a bath right now.” At the entrance of the building carpet was pulled out. The floors were still muddy. In the bathroom, Overbey told News 8 the water shot up from the drain about two-feet high, the same height as the bathroom’s trash can. “We had about five minutes to get valuables up off the floor yesterday as the waves chased us out of the other door,” Overbey says. There are reminders of how far up the water rose. Muddy lines showed about about 2-3 inches high. It may seem like its not much, but Overbey says the damages are in the thousands. Luckily, they salvaged a lot of their materials. Overbey called it a muddy mess. “It had a stench to it,” Overbey says. “Who knows about the contamination and what was in the mud?” For businesses like Greenfield Signs & Lighting, they hope to get everything cleaned up by this weekend and start operating Monday. Just down the street from Greenfield Signs & Lighting is where the water main broke. Citizens Energy Group says this 36-inch transmission pipe is from 1960s. Water was still leaking from the discolored portion of that pipe 24-hours later. The company said the pipe served a large portion of the east side, and they recommend customers boil their water before drinking until noon Saturday. “Water has been restored to the majority of folks yesterday,” said Ben Easley, a spokesperson for Citizens Energy Group. “Folks maybe seeing differing water pressures depending on where they are on the east side. A crew member tells News 8 that aside from the water pipe, a sewer pipe also broke. The cause of the break is under investigation. “We’ll continue to figure out more about the case of this water main break as we go, but we’re still days away from that,” Easley says. “Our priority right now is making the repair and reopening the roadway.” East 22nd Street from the Monon trail to Dr. Andrew J. Brown Avenue will be closed for repairs until next week. ...read more read less