A water leak threw a wrench in the Mount Pleasant School District’s return from winter break this week, closing school Thursday and Friday as plumbers worked to fix the issue.
In a regular utilities checkup over the break last week, leaders at the one-building school district, just east of Washougal, learned that the water meter was running fast — an indication of a potential leak.
When staff and students came to school Tuesday, they noticed the building’s water pressure was dropping rapidly, as was a neighbor’s house next door that shares the same water system. By midday Wednesday, the problem was serious enough the district sent students home early.
A local leak detection company came Thursday morning and identified the source of the leak — or so it thought. After digging 25 feet down, it found nothing.
