BOYNTON — After two weeks of low water or no water pressure, Boynton residents were seeing a return to normal Thursday.

A large leak beneath Cane Creek on Oklahoma 72 was found Oct. 29, and temporary repairs were completed Tuesday night, said Mayor Marie Wilson.

The town’s water tower was still filling Thursday, so full service to the town has not been restored, but it could be back as early as today, Wilson said.

The town had been completely without service for the last week, Wilson said. Muskogee County Emergency Management brought in five pallets of bottled water to distribute to residents who came to Town Hall to pick it up.

Boynton-Moton Schools have not held classes while the water was off. Wilson said she would contact school officials Thursday afternoon to tell them they should have service.

A number of people came to the town’s aid in getting the leak repaired, Wilson said. They included District 3 Commissioner Dexter Payne and his crew, Cook Construction and Rocky and Roy Webb.

State Sen. Earl Garrison, D-Muskogee, and Rep. Jerry Shoemake, D-Morris, made arrangements for emergency funding for the repairs, Wilson said.

“We definitely didn’t have the money,” she said.

She estimated the repair bill at $10,000.

Payne said he had three men working most of the weekend to install a valve and dig out the creek to find the leak.

“When we moved the debris, there were trees that were 30 or feet tall and as big around as two men,” Payne said. “Once they moved a few of those trees, you could see the water bubbling up near the bank and in the middle of the creek. I think it was cracked instead of just having a hole in it.”

State officials hired the Webb Brothers to help with the cleanup and the Cook firm to install 700 feet of new line in the creek, Payne said.

The expense of the project won’t be final until the new line is encased, he said.

Wilson said she appreciates the help the town got in getting water service restored and hopes this will end the problems that have plagued the town since spring.

Wilson had been the only person at Town Hall for several weeks until a new clerk was elected last week.