This morning, several passing by captured images of a broken Marine Corps Drive and water spewing out from underneath.

And just after sunrise, a river flowed down the northbound lane between Willows Club and Padre Palomo Park ahead of the morning rush hour commute.

The problem unfolded right in front of the building where Mark Alphios works.

"It’s blocked over here and this way," he said. "So I don’t know how we are going to start. I was surprised there was a lot of water here."

It was already 7:06 a.m. when KUAM spoke with Alphios. He said they get started at 7 a.m., which means they were already late.

Guam Waterworks crews spent hours trying to find the source of the leak.

The Guam Police Department and Department of Public Works also responded to help guide traffic.

Drivers agree it was a headache getting through the area.

DPW Director Vince Arriola was there early getting his team in place, and letting the community know to avoid the intersection if at all possible.

"The only good thing is that it happened in the wee hours of the morning so we had time to set up and work on the traffic flow," he said.

By midday, the traffic still was slow moving.

And from Hagatna to Piti, many like Guam Department of Labor, Guam Power Authority and Guam Waterworks Authority's Hagatna offices, and the local courthouse were forced to close for the day due to the water outage.

GWA General Manager Miguel Bordallo says his crew has been investigating and did their best to still maintain service for most.

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"We made some adjustments to bring more water down from different zones…we have a line coming down Route 8 to divert the water into Hagatna," he said.

Bordallo admits the island’s water system is in need of upgrades.

"The aging system as a whole is a problem but we can’t go out and replace the system all at one time," he said. "Our current program of prioritized line replacement is something we are working on. In this particular case, I can’t say it’s the age of the main that is the problem. For a lot of our recent main breaks, it’s not tied as much to the age as much as they are to the impacts to the network when we have pumps and wells go down that cause pressure surges."

While waterworks investigates and makes repairs, Alphious hopes it’s more than just a quick fix.

"Strengthen the area," he said.