Watermain breaks in River Heights

There have been frequent watermain breaks recently in River Heights. On Wednesday when I was knocking on doors on McMillan Street, the water was bubbling vigorously from the site of a break. When I asked about the situation, I was told that the break had occurred on Sunday. While the city crew came out quickly, all they did initially was decrease the pressure (and the flow) slightly. It took about three days before the break was fixed and in that time a lot of water ran down the drain. Is it not possible to put on extra crews at a time like this to get the problem fixed more quickly?

The photo above was taken Thursday morning after the break had been fixed.