birchy Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Long story short.. Enmax turned off the water to our house today IN ERROR. Property Management company figured it out (we're renters), called the city and it's all straightened out. They understand that it was a screw up.. and "are aware of the urgency of this", but have no ETA. "Hopefully soon" is what they keep saying. Now we're just sitting here waiting for the "after-hours crew" to show up and turn it back on. I see the damn valve on the street.. is it illegal for me just to turn it on myself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jksnijders Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Could liven somebody's day up that might be working on the line down below it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Yes they will charge you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birchy Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 haha. No. The water was shut off JUST to OUR place, not the street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Only if you get caught. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jksnijders Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 haha. No. The water was shut off JUST to OUR place, not the street. Sorry, read too quickly. I personally wouldn't wait I'm pretty sure.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birchy Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 Got a phone call that they'll be here in ~90 minutes. So i'm not AS annoyed now.. But.. it's been off since noon-ish. I called 311 and they told me it is illegal to "tamper with city property". I said, "well, it's Enmax's screw up, you guys know that. Tell them to hurry up and get here or else i'm going to turn it on myself." I also said, "I'm sure that if there was some crazy leak out there that was threatening to flood the houses on the street, and a random person ran out there and shut it off, that the city would have no problem with THAT." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 420FLYFISHIN Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 god gave you thumbs and it takes thumbs to turn a valve so go for it. Thumbs are important and should be thanked every day (try a day with out thumbs) TURN THE *hit OUT OF THAT VALVE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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