While you are cleaing up the water I would like to recommend you get one of these little bad boys. It's a cheap yet very effective water alarm. They are designed to sit under or around hot water heater. An alarm sounds, much like a smoke detector, when the bottom of the unit gets wet. They cost about $13 and are available at Lowes. I have always used them under my tanks and they have saved my butt more than once.
