Outpost Trinidad Bureau Chief Ted Pease tells us that the town is without water this morning. He says:

Crews are on the job at the break on Scenic, described as a “big blowout” in the middle of the night that emptied the two big (250,000 gallons?) supply tanks quickly. No word on how long repairs and refilling the tanks will take. Tankers are now transporting water to start refilling them while repairs to the line are underway. 

In the meantime, even if you still have water at your house, the city requests that you do not run the water and conserve as much as possible so as not to empty the system. If you do still have water, it is simply coming to you by gravity feed, and will run out eventually. Caution is needed when the system is restarted if pipes are empty to prevent excess pressure on restart from blowing out pipes. So please conserve: no showers, washers, flushing, etc., until further notice.

The city is updating residents at this link. Seems like a repeat of the situation two years ago.