Repairs to a broken water main on Union Street between 3rd and 4th Streets in The Dalles are finished, but the street will remain closed for one to two weeks.  That’s to allow the soil to dry sufficiently for repairs to be made to the street surface.  Motorists are encouraged to use Court Street or Liberty Street as alternate routes.   The break in the main caused high flows in some areas of the distribution system that resulted in stirred up sediments in the lines and some customers experienced discolored water.  City crews have flushed the system to correct the issue.   Samples have been collected and analyzed indicating that the water is safe to use.  The water main that broke was a 10-inch cast iron pipe that was constructed prior to 1900.