Water Main Breaks Gusher

[Howard]

"All the land between New England and Mexico is being pulled at a diagonal, and it is not just the fault lines that are feeling stress. All will participate when the New Madrid Fault

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - "Super Sinkhole Walter" and 40 Others 

Malibu, California - Recurring Water Main Breaks

Grand Rapids, Michigan - Big Hole / Deep Water 

[Starr DiGiacomo]

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LARGE WATER MAIN BREAK CAUSES ROAD TO COLLAPSE IN FORT LEE

Monday, July 28, 2014

FORT LEE, New Jersey (WABC) --

A water main break caused a partial street collapse in Fort Lee Monday afternoon. 

A 10-foot section of the roadway collapsed after the 8-inch water main break occurred on 16th street.

Area businesses were closed while United Water worked to get the water running again in the area. Water is expected to be turned back on by 10 p.m. 

The only building impacted by the water being shut off is a 13 story building at 1379 16th Street. 

Crews roped off the area where the road began to cave in.

[jorge namour]

Explodes a pipe, chaos in Rome -- ITALY: car engulfed by an abyss [PHOTOS]

Saturday, July 26, 2014

Cracks in Ruggero Di Lauria, near Heroes' Square and Triumphal Arch of the market, due to a broken water pipe that caused flooding across the road and a few surrounding streets. A car parked across the street and 'over the big hole that has' opened in the road surface. The alarm and 'took place during the night and was attended by the Fire and technicians ACEA. Closed to traffic, in addition to Ruggero di Lauria, also some of the surrounding streets, including Via Andrea Doria, Via Candia, Via Pisani, between Via Candia and Piazza Santa Maria delle Grazie, and via Francesco Caracciolo, between Tunis and off street Victor Pisani.

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[Howard]

Water Main Erupts in Groton, Connecticut (Jul 17)

An overnight water main that burst underneath a residential road in Groton left a gaping hole behind.

The water main under Midway Oval let go early Friday morning and sent a geyser of water shooting 50' up through the roadway.

Neighbors said they were awakened when chunks of asphalt began hitting their cars and homes.  One person said the debris smashed a window on his home and the windshield of his car.

"My wife heard a loud noise. We thought nothing of it and a few minutes later we checked outside and there's huge lights and there's water flying up in the air," neighbor David Blair said.

This happened at about 2:30 a.m. Friday, and the break left about 46 homes without water.

Groton Utility crews said the 8" water main left behind a huge hole that is now full of water.  Crews are working to pump the water out so they can begin to repair the break.

"When our first man got here, he said it was pretty high," said Raymond Valentini of Groton Utilities.

When the pipe burst, it not only sent water shooting 50' high in the air, but it also scattered rocks, which landed on lawns, on cars and even took out a few windows.

Source

http://www.wfsb.com/story/26050670/large-water-main-break-causes-si...

[Derrick Johnson]

Phoenix battles 5 water-main breaks

An aging infrastructure may be to blame for five reported water-main breaks in Phoenix on Wednesday. Troy Hayes, assistant director of water services for the city, said several of the incidents involved pipes that were installed more than 80 years ago.

"Some of these were put in in 1932," he said.

RELATED: Series of water-main breaks plague Phoenix

On Wednesday, there was a 6-inch break at a housing complex on Papago Drive near Seventh Avenue, according to Victoria Welch, a water-services spokeswoman. The water was restored around 11:30 a.m. and the backfill and cleanup had begun, but as the response crew was preparing to leave, the main broke again.

There was a 4-inch break on 55th Avenue and Baseline Road. Welch said no customers were impacted. Meanwhile, an 8-inch main break on 16th Avenue and Encanto Boulevard flooded the intersection and cut off water for 11 residents.

On East Washington Street, there was an 8-inch break that shut down the water service for 28 residents. Crews were called to fix another break on Seventh Street near Butler Drive.

Hayes said that after a break, crews cut off the broken segment and replaced it with a new pipe, which could last about 50 years. There is a post-repair review, in which officials determine whether the pipe will need to be replaced entirely.

Phoenix Water Services has a water-main-replacement program that evaluates pipes annually, he said. The pipes are examined for size, material and the year that they were installed to determine whether they need replacement.

This year's evaluation and review is expected to begin in August.

The 16th Avenue and Encanto Boulevard incident turned the intersection into a pool. Residents could be seen wading in murky brown water on Wednesday morning.

Officials closed Encanto Boulevard between 16th and Laurel avenues because of debris left by the flooding, Welch said.

A water-main break at the Greek Town Restaurant near Butler Drive and Seventh Street diverted three northbound lanes on Seventh Street to the shoulder as crews worked to repair the damage, Welch said.

Source: http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2014/07/17/phoeni...

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[Howard]

Water Main Break Pummels Texas Home (Jul 11)

Jerry Manis, who was home sick, said he woke to the sound of glass breaking. At first, he thought the house was being broken into. Then he realized that water was peeling the shingles off his roof.

"I was at a loss for words, " he said. "There is nothing you can do. … Just feel helpless."

“We watched it continually get worse,” he said. “Then it started breaking up the asphalt.”

He said he and the other neighbors watched the geyser form, pointed directly at the Manis house.

“It was like a fire hose going into the Manises’ house,” Schlipf said, adding that it tore through shingles and windows.

The Fort Worth family is still staying at a hotel Monday after the water main shot out chunks of asphalt that tore through their roof and flooded several rooms.

The explosion tore apart portions of ceiling, damaged drywall in at least three rooms and ruined their belongings.

“I’m just thankful that nobody was hurt,” Amanda Manis said Monday. She said the brick house in the 6300 block of Whitman Avenue is unlivable.

The water main break caused an uproar in the neighborhood about 1 p.m. Friday, when neighbors heard a loud noise and saw water running down the street.

Freddy Schlipf, who lives across the street from the Manis family, said the roar was similar to a B-52 flyover.

Source

http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/07/14/5969802/water-main-break-fo...

[Howard]

Tennessee Water Main Break Creates 50-Ft Geyser (Jul 10)

A water main break on Woodland Street in Columbia blasted water 50 feet into the air Thursday morning.

CPWS Executive Director Wes Kelley said, “It was something to see.”

“We heard from a bystander the problem began about 3 a.m. He reported he saw the ground start to bubble and then it sounded like a shotgun blast and it came right up through the pavement.”

Jonathan Hardin, director of water of operations for CPWS, said crews were dispatched to the scene at 5 a.m. and spent five hours repairing the break. He said crews were also handling another water main break on South Main Street at the same time.

“We saw this huge geyser shooting up in the air,” Hardin said. “I would guess it was shooting in the neighborhood of 50 or 60 feet. It was pretty high. I’ve never seen a main break of that height before. It was a pretty instantaneous release.”

The force of the main break destroyed some of the pavement in the roadway, he said.

“When we arrived, it had already broken out a 3-foot-by-3-foot section of pavement itself,” he said.

Source

http://columbiadailyherald.com/news/local-news/surprise-forecast-50...

[Starr DiGiacomo]

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Southbound Armenia Ave. closed at St. Joseph St. after road collapse

WFTS Webteam

4:21 AM, Jul 10, 2014

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TAMPA - A giant hole opened under Armenia Avenue early Thursday morning near the intersection of  W. St. Joseph Street (one block south of Columbus Drive).

Tampa Police said it appears a large water pipe ruptured causing the road to collapse.  The depression measures 40 feet by 15 feet.

All traffic southbound from Columbus Dr. will be diverted, at least throughout the weekend.  

Repairs will take a couple of days, and the road may reopen Monday afternoon.

[Derrick Johnson]

Huge water main break in Stone Oak area

Elizabeth Zavala, San Antonio Express-News : July 8, 2014 : Updated: July 8, 2014 5:36pm

SAN ANTONIO -- SAWS urgently is asking residents of the Stone Oak area to immediately discontinue outdoor water use after a large water main break Tuesday morning at Bitters Road near U.S. 281.

San Antonio Water System reported in a Twitter post a little after 11 a.m. Tuesday that a 48-inch main break had occurred because of a mechanical malfunction at the Bitters Road Well Field, which supplies water to the Stone Oak area.

A video posted on Twitter showed massive amounts of water shooting into the air and gushing from behind the Bitters Road facility. Cars could be seen driving down the road in the background.

A news release issued Tuesday afternoon said that the primary water pipeline from the former BexarMet infrastructure that serves the Stone Oak area is out, but that crews were making emergency repairs.

Source: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Huge-water-main-brea...

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[Derrick Johnson]

Water-main break closes 7th Avenue in downtown Phoenix

A decades-old water-main burst in downtown Phoenix on Tuesday, flooding Seventh Avenue just north of Interstate 10 and closing part of the roadway, officials said.

Authorities expect northbound Seventh Avenue to be closed well past the evening rush hour.

A city spokeswoman said the 12-inch water main burst Tuesday afternoon, the pressure which caused northbound lanes of Seventh Avenue to buckle between I-10 and Willetta Street. Motorists are encouraged to avoid the area.

Troy Hayes, an engineer for the City of Phoenix, confirmed that the water main was originally installed in the 1930s.

Employees of the city's Water Services Department are working to stop the flooding and repair the main break, the spokeswoman said.

Most of the flooding occurred on Willetta Street, where Matthew Gibeau has lived for 19 years.

"First time I've seen it like this," said Gibeau, 53. "Looks like the Mississippi."

Gibeau said he walked out of his backyard to see water flowing in the roadway and skimming the curbs. The flooding mostly stayed to the street and did not extend over sidewalks or onto residential property.

Gibeau said he was disappointed to see all that water go to apparent waste.

"I think we have just wasted our water supply for the summer."

Source: http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2014/07/08/phoeni...

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[Howard]

New Jersey Water Main Break Sends Water Gushing like Geyser (Jul 3)

A large water-main break this afternoon caused water to shoot 10-15 feet in the air, prompting the closure of all exit ramps from Route 1 to Ryders Lane.

The geyser-like break occurred on Ryders Lane near Labor Road and Route 1 ramps, North Brunswick officials stated in an email alert.

Water gushed through a gaping hole in the road, pushing out rocks and debris. Before the road was closed, several rocks reportedly struck passing cars.

Officials in several townships have asked drivers to plan alternate routes as crews worked to stem the rushing water.

In East Brunswick, Ryders Lane is closed from Tices Lane to Route 1in both directions.

“The roadway is presently closed and expected to remain closed for the foreseeable future,” Rutgers police stated in an e-mail alert.

Source

http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2014/07/watch_water-main_brea...