Shortly before noon, the agency announced the break had been isolated and that the water was receding.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. The affected area runs approximately north to south from Chatfield Street to Lafayette Boulevard and east to west from Lewerenz Street to Solvay Street,

In the one week since a water main break flooded more than 400 homes in southwest Detroit, many residents are still struggling to figure out what to do next.

By late morning on the day after a water main break flooded southwest Detroit streets, causing evacuations and damage that officials promised to help repair, the river that flowed through was no more. What remained was the work.