Colfax water breaks cause basement floods

Freezing temperatures last week and into the weekend led to several Colfax water meters freezing and, in some cases, breaking.

“Often times when those mains freeze, they break,” said Matt Hammer, Colfax Public Works director.

Frozen water line breaks last week led to flooding at four Colfax businesses. Palouse River Quilts, Tick Klock Drug, Palouse River Rock and Hen House Chicks were all hit. The water meter froze in front of the former Glaser’s Jewelry location which is being remodeled into the new Carpenter, McGuire & DeWulf law firm.

All of the flooding was contained to basements at the bu...