TULSA -- Crews are working to repair a broken water line in East Tulsa.
They responded to the scene at E 11th & S. Garnett around 4:00 am Tuesday morning.
There's no word on how long it'll take for a repair to be complete, but the city hopes to have it repaired Tuesday afternoon. As of now, they do not know what caused it.
City officials say three businesses are without water because of the break.
The Executive Inn and Mazzios were among the businesses affected. Mazzios could not open, because the Health Department told management they could not prepare food without running water in the building. Employees were sent home upset, because they are missing out on pay.
"They are usually lunch employees," Jason Talbott, a manager at Mazzios said. "They are usually off around 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon anyway, so if we don't get the water back on at a decent time they are going to lose their hours today because there's no way the Health Department is going to let them work."
Talbott said depending on when the water came back on, they would possibly have to remain closed during their daily lunch buffet.
A representative with the City of Tulsa said right now there has been 34 water breaks in the month of June, compared to an average of 43 for the month over the last five years.
"Unfortunately this is one of those unforeseen events that you don't want to have to put on the books to have to struggle through, but it happens," Talbott said. "Sometimes it happens when it shouldn't or happens too often so it's definitely frustrating."
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