Fort Bragg council to vote on emergency fix for broken Noyo water line

FORT BRAGG, CA., 10/12/26 — On Tuesday, Oct. 13, city staff will ask the Fort Bragg City Council to declare an emergency so the city can drill a new water pipe under the Noyo River before winter storms.

Fort Bragg’s tap water comes from three places: Waterfall Gulch, Newman Gulch and the Noyo River. Some of it reaches the city’s treatment plant on Sherwood Road through a pipe under the Noyo. That pipe broke in September, during construction on the city’s Raw Water Line Replacement Project. Since then, water has crossed the river on a temporary line.