4 More Homes in Slide Area Lose Water, Sewer Service : Damage: Anaheim shuts lines after continuing land movement resulting from heavy rains cracks a main pipe for carrying waste. The homes are not in danger.

City crews shut off water and sewer lines to four additional houses in Anaheim Hills on Wednesday after the continuing land movement there cracked a main sewer pipe.

Although the city has not ordered an evacuation of the four homes, the residents were told that they might want to “start making plans to stay somewhere else,” city spokesman Bret Colson said.

“We’re not going to force them to leave, but their lives are going to be uncomfortable if they don’t,” he said.

The four houses are on the south side of Avenida de Santiago and are not presently in danger of being damaged by the landslide, Colson said.

Cracks in the sewer line that serves the houses were discovered during a routine check, Colson said. He said the damage must have occurred sometime between Friday--when the line was previously checked--and Wednesday.

Colson said city crews plan to install above-ground sewer and water lines to serve the residents, but the installation may not be completed for several days.

The cracked sewer line was further evidence that the destructive slide continues to move in a 25-acre area. Colson estimated that the land moves one-eighth to three-quarters of an inch a day.

Because of the slide, residents of 46 homes were evacuated three weeks ago. City officials said the evacuation will remain in effect indefinitely, until the ground has stabilized.

Currently, three homes have been declared “unsafe to enter,” six have sustained major damage and 24 others have sustained minor to moderate damage, city officials said.

On Wednesday, city crews trying to stop the sliding continued to operate 67 wells that pump out about 200,000 gallons of underground water a day.

Although recent rains have added water to the area, the city’s geologists said the slide’s movement has not been significantly aggravated as a result. To better gauge the slippage and gather additional information on the slide, geologists have been installing underground measuring devices.

The information gathered from the devices will be used to help geologists decide what other measures should be taken to stop the landslide, Colson said.

Meanwhile, a newly formed homeowners’ group called Communicators in Action is planning to hold a second meeting for affected residents this Friday at 7 p.m. at Canyon Hills Presbyterian Church, 190 S. Fairmont Blvd.

The group has asked several attorneys to make presentations to residents and discuss legal options. Among the attorneys scheduled to appear is a representative of the San Francisco-based firm of Melvin M. Belli, well-known tort lawyer.