Water main break in Skowhegan closes schools, leaves some without pressure Maine Water Co. received reports from customers around 5:30 Monday morning regarding low water pressure throughout Skowhegan. Share Crews from Maine Water, right, watch Monday as an excavator from Nitram Excavation moves rock into a ditch that was rebuilt after a 12-inch water main broke along Heselton Street in Skowhegan. A portion of Heselton Street was also reconstructed following the break. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel SKOWHEGAN — A water main break caused water pressure to drop and schools to close on Monday morning. Mark Vannoy, vice president of Maine Water Co., said in a phone call that a leak that started early Monday morning initially caused disruption “to many customers throughout the system.”