ROCKPORT — A crew from Maine Water, the public water utility, has located the water line break on Calderwood Lane in Rockport, after spending part of the morning trudging through the snowy woods. A leaking hydrant on Calderwood Lane had indicated a leak somewhere in the line that feeds Beauchamp Point.

The leak, according to Maine Water Vice President Rick Knowlton, was in a lateral service pipe. The crew shut the pipe down and will fix it when the weather is more cooperative.

Last week, Maine Water repaired a major pipe — one of the old ones close to 100 years in age — that runs along Route 1 into Thomaston. 

There, the pipe sustained a major break near Booker Street and the Maine Water storage tank. Customers experienced low water pressure for several hours as crews worked to fix the pipe.

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