LOS ANGELES, CA (July 19, 2026) – LADWP crews continue to work around the clock on the pipe repairs along Sunset Boulevard. Yesterday, the team successfully installed a new 25-foot pipe segment in West Hollywood and is steadily moving forward with the next phases of the project. While there is no set completion date yet, […]
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LADWP Crews Continue Steady Progress on West Hollywood Trunk Line Repairs
LOS ANGELES (July 18, 2026) – Following the completion of the installation of the replacement 25-foot-long pipe in West Hollywood, LADWP crews continue to make steady progress to repressurize, test and disinfect the trunk line. There is currently no projected completion date, but work will continue around the clock, and crews are moving as efficiently […]
LADWP Makes Significant Progress Replacing Ruptured Pipe and Welding of New Pipe During West Hollywood Water Main Incident – 11:00 AM, July 18, 2026
LOS ANGELES (July 18, 2026) – LADWP crews made significant progress overnight, successfully cutting and removing a 25-foot-long piece of the ruptured pipe and setting the replacement segment into place. Our welders worked overnight and completed putting in the new 3-foot diameter steel pipe. Due to the size and complexity of this job, welding can […]
LADWP Crews Make Significant Progress Overnight Responding to West Hollywood Water Main Incident – 10 AM July 17, 2026
LOS ANGELES (July 17, 2026) – LADWP crews remain onsite at the location of a large water pipe rupture that was reported Thursday morning before 4:00 a.m. Overnight, workers made significant progress and finished draining the 0.7-mile-long section of the pipe, as well as the area surrounding the pipe break. Approximately 195,000 gallons of water […]
Mayor Bass, LADWP Urge Impacted Customers to Conserve Water as Response Efforts Continue Following West Hollywood Pipe Rupture
*This news release was originally published and distributed by the Office of Mayor Karen Bass on July 16, 2026. Mayor Bass, LADWP Urge Impacted Customers to Conserve Water as Response Efforts Continue Following West Hollywood Pipe Rupture Water Remains Safe to Drink; Sunset Boulevard between Larrabee Street and La Cienega Boulevard Remains Closed; Impacted […]
Water Main Incident in West Hollywood Area
LOS ANGELES (July 16, 2026) – LADWP is responding to the water main break affecting West Hollywood and the surrounding area near Sunset Boulevard, Holloway Drive and area streets. We received the report of this incident at 3:55 A.M. and our water crews have been onsite working to carefully and methodically close large diameter valves […]
