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 […]
News Releases
LADWP Begin Repairs to Replace Broken Section of Water Line in West Hollywood Water Main Incident – 5:30 PM, July 17, 2026
LOS ANGELES (July 17, 2026) – LADWP crews have cut into the section of the large water pipe that ruptured on Thursday morning and will continue to work on pipe repairs overnight. Following the draining of the 0.7-mile-long section of the pipe, crews are performing complex work, including excavation, removing the damaged pipe and replacing […]
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 […]
LADWP Continues Response Efforts Following West Hollywood Water Main Incident – 11 AM July 16, 2026
LOS ANGELES (July 16, 2026) – The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is working on repairs to the large 36-inch water pipe break in West Hollywood reported at 3:55 a.m. today. Water to the pipe has been shut off and repairs by LADWP water crews are in progress. No water services are […]
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 […]
