City of Reading issued the following announcement on Feb 9.
We wanted to give a little more explanation of the water main break that has caused a remote learning day on Thursday.
Our water department became aware of a break in the large main on Columbia Ave. just north of the school later this afternoon.
Due to the nature of the repair, there is the possibility that the water will need to be fully shut off and that would impact Reading Schools and we immediately made contact with the superintendent.
The break is concerning enough that our water department was concerned if they waited until after the weekend the small leak could fully rupture creating a much larger issue.
Sometimes we can plan for these repairs with low to minimal impact, in this case we did not want to risk that.
We apologize for the disruption this will cause for the students and families.
Original source can be found here.
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