Updated at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 8:A DWSD spokesman says there is no active account at the property and service was turned off in 2015. He says a separate line to the building was not shut and that someone may have tampered with pipes or stolen a meter, causing a break that led to gushing water and keeping DWSD from receiving an alert of unusual meter activity.
DWSD is in the process of creating a fraud team with additional investigators that will pursue criminal action in cases of tampering.
Originally posted at 3:38 p.m. on Wednesday, June 7:
Detroit's Water and Sewerage Department says it has performed an emergency water shutoff at a vacant building on Detroit's northwest side, where water was likely gushing for months.…