Dynamic filed a simple street map of the drilling route. Three different sets of plans available to the public at the Dallas Water Utilities department clearly show the depth and route of the water main that was broken on Monday. Dynamic's subcontractor, Reata of Lewisville, has said that all information provided to Reata indicated there was no water main in the area. Typically, what we see them doing is they are calling us and having us locate our lines and mark them on the street. Reata appears to have been drilling parallel to the water main.
Steel is known to cause the steering device of the drilling bit to veer off course.
Workers found plenty of steel in the track of the old railroad tunnel. Dynamic's president, Mickey Redwine, declined to discuss the water main break until there's a formal determination of who is responsible. In June, Redwine's company reportedly helped prevent an environmental disaster by quickly drilling a new line to replace a sewer main that was leaking two million gallons of raw sewage into the Guadalupe River in New Braunfels. News 8 has obtained copies of key documents involved in this case. You can view the documents by clicking on the links below.