Water service has been restored to the town of Victor following a nearly weeklong outage due to a failure in the town’s water main.

After several days of round-the-clock repairs, water was successfully recharged into the system at approximately 6 p.m. Tuesday, according to City Manager Bobby Tech.

“The repairs are holding,” Tech told The Gazette on Wednesday. “We currently have a team of contractors making sure that pressure is equalizing across the system, and that things are working the way they should.”

The system failure happened last Thursday when crews replacing the town’s outdated water main dislodged dirt beneath the line and learned that the dirt was actually supporting it.

“During that time, we found another main failure,” Tech said. “Unfortunately, as we were going through this, we realized there are additional failures and those failures began to compound.”

Officials declared an emergency on Sunday and ordered the town’s residents and businesses to cease all water usage, which placed a strain on a town that typically utilizes about 30,000 gallons a day, officials said.

Several neighboring towns and agencies offered their resources and facilities during the outage, including the Aspen Mine Center, Cripple Creek Parks and Recreation Department, the Cripple Creek-Victor School District and the Teller County Sheriff’s Office.

“We appreciate everyone who helped support us through this crisis,” Tech said. “In this day and age, where we see so much division, it is pretty awesome to see a community come together the way this community has.”

There is still a boil order in effect as El Paso County tests the water for possible contaminants, and residents are asked to use as little water as possible. Meanwhile, crews will continue replacing roughly 1 1/2 miles of aging water main.

“We’re working to get (the boil order) lifted as soon as possible,” Tech said. “The replacement work on the main is moving forward, and we are hoping to have that wrapped up by the beginning of July.”