Local Business Tends to Annapolis Water Main Break

An Edgewater man’s restoration business will be busy all week after he and his workers responded Monday to a water main break on the fourth floor of the in Annapolis. 

“They had a 3-inch water main break on the fourth floor and it affected all four levels. There was standing water in all the main hallways,” said Bryan Agee, 33, an Edgewater resident and president of (SRR) in Upper Marlboro.

Agee said he and his workers were on site within two hours and nearly 40 technicians worked through the night. The speediness of their response will be crucial to stop any microbial growth, he said.

“This was an extremely large water loss. All the main hallways and the ceiling tiles and drywall was saturated,” Agee said. “The good thing is, it was an immediate response and we got all the saturated equipment out.”

South River Restoration specializes in full-service disaster restoration, according to Agee, who was excited that his company was the first to respond to the Annapolis incident.

Agee said SRR still needs to remove saturated pieces of the structure, soak up standing water and make sure there’s no “hidden water” throughout the building. He expects the building to be dry by Friday.

Employees from the James Senate Office Building are working from the this week, according to a spokeswoman for the Maryland Department of General Services.