The Silver Spring Penguin

Photo: WSSC crews were on the case Friday night. Courtesy of B. Hefele.

UPDATE — The scene near Nolte Park was something out of Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”: Water, water everywhere, yet not a drop to drink.

On Friday night, as a summer storm raged outside, residents inside two East Silver Spring apartment complexes were dealing with dry taps and washers that wouldn’t fill.

Blame a busted valve under Easley Street near Cedar Street, Kim Knox, a spokesperson for the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, said Monday. (more…)