Unalakleet Finds Additional Water Pipe Break, Waits as Tank Refills
An overground bypass is being put in place between the Bering Strait School District office and the Unalakleet school. The search for the other pipe break is on hold as the water tank refills.
Unalakleet Remains on Boil Water Notice As Search for Leak Continues
Workers are setting up a pipe to pump water from the slough near the community into the isolated FAA loop. Meanwhile, Gambell continues to face its own infrastructure problems.
Unalakleet Works to Find Pipe Break as Water Tank Drains
The City of Unalakleet is searching for the location of a water pipe leak that has caused the community’s water tank to rapidly deplete. Nearly 240,000 gallons of water have been lost since Friday.
Not a drop to drink
The morning of our press deadline for this month’s newsletter, the KNOM staff came into the studio building to an unpleasant surprise: no water. None of the faucets, water fixtures, or toilets in the building had any water pressure. Not a drop. Our local public utility identified the culprit to be a frozen pipe caused […]
A failed sensor and a frozen pipe
At times, KNOM staff and volunteers face a variety of challenges. Last week brought engineering, computer, and plumbing difficulties, but with the help of professionals and an energetic staff, each problem was identified, and, when possible, solved. Among our glitches was a malfunctioning temperature sensor at our studio building. The sensor is designed to feed […]