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Derek Thone, middle, from Auburn Water and Sewerage Districts, uses high-pressure water Friday morning to remove debris from around a broken sewer main on East Hardscrabble Road near Washington Street in Auburn. The fairly new technique, called hydro excavation, is being more widely used around the country as it is safer for workers and less likely to damage infrastructure. According to Michael Broadbent, superintendent of Auburn Water and Sewerage Districts, crews are expecting to reopen the road Friday afternoon. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)

Auburn Water and Sewerage District officials were expecting to reopen East Hardscrabble Road by late Friday afternoon following a sewer main break, according to Michael Broadbent, superintendent of Auburn Water and Sewerage District.

Broadbent said the department received a call around 6:30 a.m. that water was spilling up onto the road. He said that after excavating the road, an inspection revealed the break involved sewage, not water.

Crews were able to turn off the flow and stop the leak, Broadbent said.

Broadbent said crews were backfilling the excavation early Friday afternoon and he expected the road would be accessible to motorists by Friday evening.

Matthew is a staff writer for the Lewiston Sun Journal covering the Lewiston and Auburn areas. Before joining the Sun Journal, Matthew covered news in the Bangor area before moving to Lewiston to cover...

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