Posted on 03/06/2008 10:47:08 AM PST by sten
water mains last well over 100 years. so the chance of 2 breaking on the same day are probably pretty slim. a couple of news stories today made me stop and do a quick google for water main breaks in march 2008. the results are a bit odd… considering I have not heard anything about it in the news, beyond the requried 'boil your water' statements.
the following is a list of water main breaks over the last month. I have made an effort not to overlap stories, so they should all signify a unique event. note the dates and locations as you go along.
---- Water back on in Treasure Island (FLORIDA) Originally Posted 2/5/2008 3:45:54 AM http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=73193
Water main break closes part of E Columbus Drive today(FLORIDA - TAMPA) February 11, 2008 http://blogs.tampabay.com/breakingnews/2008/02/water-main-brea.html
Workers cap major water main break in Detroit(MICHIGAN) February 19, 2008 http://www.motorcitymoms.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080219/CFP10/80219022/1003/NEWS01
Boil water notice in Tarpon Springs (FLORIDA - TAMPA) Originally Posted 2/19/2008 6:01:59 PM http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=74372
Water Main Break Floods Homes(NEW YORK) Published Feb 24, 2008 http://www.rnews.com/Story_2004.cfm?ID=58598&rnews_story_type=18
Water main bursts, creates traffic snarls(FLORIDA - MELBOURNE) February 28, 2008 http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080228/BREAKINGNEWS/80228036/-1/archives
Thousands lose water service when main breaks(COLORADO) created: 2/29/2008 7:21:27 PM http://www.9news.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=87320
Water main break snarls Main Street(OHIO) Last Updated: 1:10 pm | Saturday, March 1, 2008 http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080301/NEWS01/803010421/1092/NEWS0103
District issues boil-water order after main break (CALIFORNIA - SAN DIEGO) March 1, 2008 http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080301-1257-bn29boil.html
Water Main Break Prompts Response At UConn Health Center(CONNECTICUT) March 02, 2008 http://www.topix.net/content/trb/2008/03/water-main-break-prompts-response-at-uconn-health-center
Water main break in Flint leaves some residents without water(MICHIGAN) Sunday March 02, 2008, 10:18 PM http://www.mlive.com/flintjournal/index.ssf/2008/03/water_main_break_in_flint_leav.html
Water Main Break Closes Aikahi Elementary (HONOLULU) POSTED: 7:23 am HST March 3, 2008 http://www.kitv.com/news/15474532/detail.html?subid=10101241
Water main break forces Philly school closed(PENNSYLVANIA) Monday, March 03, 2008 | 12:13 PM http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=5995441
Water main break on Siesta Key (FLORIDA) March 03, 2008 15:41 PM http://m.tampabays10.com/news.jsp?key=92091&rc=lo
Water main break closes Hampstead Hill Academy (MARYLAND) 8:30 AM EST, March 4, 2008 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/baltimore_city/bal-hampstead0304,0,3975094.story
Allentown crews restoring water service(PENNSYLVANIA) 4:38 PM EST, March 4, 2008 http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-watermain0304-cn,0,3605658.story
Florida Street Water Main is repaired(ALABAMA - MOBILE) 3:10 p.m. ET, Tues., March. 4, 2008 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23469079/
Water main break at South and Forest(VERMONT) March 4, 2008 http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080304/NEWS/347689764
Broken water main disrupts Wheeler Road traffic(VIRGINIA - RICHMOND) Tuesday, March 4, 2008 9:20 a.m. http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/latest/lat_030408_trafficproblem.shtml
Water restored to Golden Gate schools after main break(CALIFORNIA - SAN FRANCISCO) March 5, 2008 http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080305/NEWS01/80305033/1075
City finishes repairing water main break(ARIZONA) -- broke on March 3rd Wednesday, March 05, 2008 http://azdailysun.com/articles/2008/03/05/news/local/20080305_local_news_15.txt
Siesta Key has another water-main break (FLORIDA) Wednesday, March 05, 2008 http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/447037.html
2nd water main break prompts new boil water advisory(FLORIDA) Posted: March 5, 2008 11:13 AM http://www.wwsb.com/Global/story.asp?S=7968929 http://www.wwsb.com/Global/story.asp?S=7969096
Water main break closes JJC (ILLINIOS) March 5, 2008 http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/825474,4_1_JO05_JUCO_S1.article
Water-Main Break Closes Roads(CONNECTICUT) POSTED: 10:22 am EST March 6, 2008 http://www.wfsb.com/traffic/15512054/detail.html?rss=hart&psp=news
Massive Water Main Break in Cleveland Causes Street Collapse, Flood (ILLINIOS) Thursday, March 06, 2008 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,335571,00.html
Watermain Break In Hartford(CONNECTICUT) 11:09 AM EST, March 6, 2008 http://www.courant.com/news/custom/topnews/hcu-hrtfrdwatermainbreak,0,7575205.story
Water main break closes Tri-C Metro campus(ILLINIOS) March 06, 2008 10:18AM http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/03/water_main_break_closes_tric_m.html
There is nothing ‘going on’. And you missed several main breaks. We’ve had at least four breaks in my neck of the woods in the past two years. Normal, I assure you.
Many of the water mains in American cities are now well over the century mark. Old clay pipes and cast iron does not last forever. I believe the newer plastic on metal will last longer, but they are all dying from the day they go in the ground. Add in natural earth movement and you get “stuff happens”.
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Bush’s fault.
Not to mention flying manhole covers.
I here ya and I gotta apologize for that. Darn lactose intolerance.
Lord have mercy, I can’t believe there are now 46 responses about this nonsense.
I can speak to the first couple, in Tampa Bay.
East Columbus Ave water mains are probably 100 years old. The warranty expired, I suppose.
The mains in Tarpon Springs (all of north Pinellas County) were laid down in the late 70’s and began breaking wide open in the late 80s. The county sued the contractor back to the stone age, and have been replacing the water mains since then.
Treasure Island: The ground around there is coastal sand, not the best foundation, and there is always a lot of traffic pounding the ground as folks drive to and from the beach.
I don’t think that there is anything unusual.
Most breaks are from old age; once buried, mains are rarely serviced other than to repair breaks or an occasional addition of a tap.
Just avoid using any code in the rest of your text and the url will become active when you preview; if it doesn’t, go back and look for code you may have left in.
I do it all the time.
Water mains break ALL the time. I used to work in the industry. You’re imagining things — as evidenced by the fact that you didn’t pull an older month’s worth of stories for comparison.
Glad I have my own well.
Penn State (State College PA) issued a drinking water advisory yesterday afternoon, warning against usage of on-campus drinking water because of a “high turbidity level” from one of its wells. The cause is stated to be a lot of recent rain.
A statement on Penn State Live, live.psu.edu, advises students to use boiled or bottled water for “drinking, making ice, brushing teeth, washing dishes and food preparation until further notice.”
At the dining facilities, fountain soda machines are unusable.
if the forum posting system was smarter it would automatically turn text into links where it found “http://";;
It does when you do not use any other HTML coding in your posts...... You can hit return twice and you have a new paragraph, place the urls in as you did and they’ll become a link, etc.
Water mains break ALL the time. I used to work in the industry. You’re imagining things — as evidenced by the fact that you didn’t pull an older month’s worth of stories for comparison.
Heck all he’d have to do is look around the arid south in the summer when the ground is parched and opening up and he’ll find that most water systems have trouble keeping the broken pipes fixed. Many only fix the worst and let the water flow until they can catch up.
Nope. There was hardly any water pressure when I took a shower this morning and they've been telling everyone to boil water until the system is tested. The local McD's was serving soda out of bottles, etc. This is the first time I've seen this since moving here last summer.
If that’s the case, NW Tampa had a transmission main failure. No water for you!
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