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 

[Derrick Johnson]

Water main break closes Cedar Point for the weekend

Amusement park closed on busy summer weekend

SANDUSKY -- After a major water main break, officials were forced to shut down Cedar Point and Soak City Saturday morning.

A water main break on the main line that supplies Cedar Point, Soak City, and its hotels means that visitors will have to make a change of plans for the weekend.

Cedar Point released the following statement Saturday evening:

"We continue to work with the City of Sandusky to restore water service to Cedar Point. The latest assessment is that the necessary repairs will require several more hours to complete. Once the water main is repaired, there are additional procedures that must be taken to restore water pressure to all areas on the property, and testing that must follow to ensure the systems are working properly and the appropriate water quality is established.

At this time we have made the decision to keep the park and resort properties closed until Monday, June 9th when – subject to any unforeseen complications – we would anticipate resuming normal operations. As the repairs advance throughout the evening and into Sunday we will provide additional updates.

We recognize that this situation has caused many of our guests to be disappointed. We are sorry that this has happened.

All Cedar Point tickets will be honored on any operating day in 2014 where the park is open to the public.

Please visit cedarpoint.com for additional updates and information."

Guests hoping to continue their fun on Saturday are also allowed to redeem their tickets for Cedar Point and Soak City at Wildwater Kingdom in Aurora or at Kings Island in Cincinnati.

Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, who owns both parks, reached out to hotels guests in the area to let them know about the closing.

The city of Sandusky is currently working to repair the system located under the Cedar Point parking lot.

Source: http://www.wkyc.com/story/news/local/2014/06/07/cedar-point-closes-...

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[Derrick Johnson]

Water Main Breaks Affect 2 Dozen Businesses Near 41st And Memorial

TULSA, Oklahoma -

"A water line that's at least 50 year old cracked Thursday night in east Tulsa, and by daylight, it had three breaks, interrupting water service at 41st Street and Memorial.

Three separate water line breaks along 41st Street near Memorial Drive have left 24 businesses without water.

The City of Tulsa said the first break, at 7940 E. 41st Street, happened about 5:45 p.m. on Thursday.

The second break took place just before 9 p.m. a few blocks west and another near the 7400 block happened about 6 a.m. on Friday.

The repairs are done on one of them, continuing on the other two, but the city hopes to finish sometime Friday night.

Store manager Tim Griffin marks the waterline from a flood that almost came in the door late Thursday. The water receded, and now there's no danger that anything is coming in the door, including customers.

"Our business is at a standstill until we get it repaired. We have a loyal clientele thankfully, but they're not going to wade through water and cones to get to us," said Griffin.

City crews have been working since late Thursday on a series of breaks on the same line. Three of them hit over a 12 hour span within a quarter mile of each other."

Source : http://www.newson6.com/story/25712604/water-main-breaks-affect-2-do...

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[Derrick Johnson]

Water main break causes problems for drivers, businesses

TULSA, Okla. – A water main break caused a slow down on a busy Tulsa street during rush hour.

Crews were out Thursday night to repair the break near 41st and Memorial. It took them a little over two hours just to get the water turned off so that they could start fixing the line.

“A guy came in and was like, ‘Oh my gosh, it was a tidal wave,’” said business owner Renee Stark.

FOX23 found out it was a 12-inch line burst that sent water into the air during rush hour.

“It’s just like a double whammy, especially with the water just like bursting up. There was some agitation going on with other vehicles,” Sean Sanders said.

While the water was rising, business owners said they hoped it didn’t spill over the curb and into their shops.

While it is unclear how the main burst, Tim Griffin said he is angry that it’s happened again.

“This is about the third or fourth time that the water lines have broken,” Griffin said.

“Whenever everything was breaking like at every corner every day when I came into work a new water line was broken. And now here it is summer and we have another water line broke again. So, obviously I think there’s a problem,” said Stark.

Workers told FOX23 it’ll be about 8 to 10 hours before the line will be repaired and the water turned back on.

Source: http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/Water-main-break-causes-probl...

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[Howard]

Water Main Erupts in Pennsylvania (Jun 1)

A water line break sent a geyser into the air Sunday morning near the corner of Willowbank Street and Valentine Hill Road, canceling services at a nearby church.

Borough officials shut off water at the scene at about 9:30 a.m., stopping the spray after more than 90 minutes.

Bellefonte police officer Todd Walter, who was at the scene, said the break appears to have been on the water main that feeds the industrial line to the former Corning plant on College Avenue in College Township.

The Church of the Good Shepherd called off services Sunday, the Rev. Frank E. Skies said, because crews were set up near the church and were closing streets, keeping parishioners from reaching the church.

Police said the break was about 50 yards from the church, along Logan Branch stream.

Source

http://www.centredaily.com/2014/06/01/4203789/bellefonte-water-line...

[Derrick Johnson]

Major water main break, road collapse in Salem, NH

A major water main break, which led to a road collapse was reported Friday morning in Salem, New Hampshire.
Police are detouring traffic in the area of town commonly referred to as "The Depot."
Commuters are being warned to avoid the area, unless it is absolutely necessary to travel there.

Photo credit: Salem Police

Photo credit: Salem DPW

The entire intersection of Routes 28 and 97 is being shut down and no traffic will be allowed through.

The following detours are in place and are subject to change:

Route 28 NB will be directed to Main St. eastbound
Route 28 SB will be directed to Main St. westbound
Main St. EB will be detoured at Granite Ave. with a hard closure at Millville St.
Main St. WB will be detoured at Pleasant St.

There is no estimated time when the intersection will be opened for vehicular traffic.

A water main break also caused trouble in Salem last week.

Source:

http://www.necn.com/05/30/14/Major-water-main-break-road-collapse-i...

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[Howard]

Ruptured Water Main Dissolves Road, Traps Bus in Maryland (May 23)

A street in Prince George’s County resembles a movie scene after a water main break caused parts of the road to collapse, stranding a commuter bus early Friday morning.

The 10-inch water main break was reported just after 6 a.m. in the 1800 block of Metzerott Road in Adelphi. The roadway remains closed between New Hampshire Avenue and Riggs Road.

The large overflow of water has caused the road surface to shift and separate in spots. A MetroBus became stuck in the middle of the road when the driver attempted to make a U-turn to avoid the flooded roadway, a Metro spokesperson said.

Source

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/05/23/metrobus-stranded-on-crum...

[Starr DiGiacomo]

‘Something had to give’: Creaking Soviet hot water pipe explodes showering town in concrete and boiling water

• An underground high-pressure hot water pipe exploded shooting water 30 metres into the sky
• Terrified passengers on board a bus caught by the bus were forced to flee
• Large lumps of concrete and asphalt were strewn across the area
  

These are the shocking scenes as a Soviet-era subterranean hot water pipe exploding, forcing boiling water from under the ground and shooting into the sky.

The pipe exploded without warning, throwing large chunks of concrete and asphalt into the air while riding on a column of boiling water.

Motorist Oleg Sorokov, 38 was driving through the Russian city of Barnaul, in Southern Russia when he felt the earth start to move.

 

After the pipe failed, hot water was blasted at least 30 metres into the sky forcing traffic to swerve out of the way.

Passengers on board a bus were forced to jump to safety as the vehicle was blasted by the high-pressure stream.

The font bumper on the vehicle was ripped off by the water's power.

Mr Sorokov's car was equipped with a dashboard mounted video camera which perfectly captured the dramatic scenes. 

His car was only a short distance away from the faulty pipe when it exploded.

He said: 'At first I thought it was an earthquake. But then I saw the water gushing upwards and knew that we have this hot water heating system in town and realised it was probably just an accident.

'The noise was terrific, the blast itself and then the continuous whoosh of the water cascading upwards. The whole of the road was a total mess.'

Mr Sorokov spent almost a minute filming the scene before edging past the water jet to relative safety.

 

The incident happened in the southern Russian city of Barnaul, near the Kazakhstan border.

One bus which was caught by the spray had to be abandoned as high-pressure hot water blasted through the floor of the vehicle. One of its windows was shattered by the jet.

A spokesperson for the local fire brigade said: 'We believe there was a blockage further down the pipe which meant the high pressure water could not travel around the pipe system.  Something had to give and it gave right here.' 

According to local sources, the underground water pipe is several decades old and has been neglected for several years as maintenance budgets have been slashed.

Now, local officials are planning on contacting Moscow to release funds to guarantee the security of their water system.

It is understood the underground hot water pipe was part of some form of Geothermal heating system.

Seconds before the explosion, Mr Sorokov was driving along the road unaware of the impending disaster.

Motorist Oleg Sorokov captured the very moment when the blast occurred on his dashboard mounted video camera.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2639648/Watch-amazing-momen...

http://www.carbonated.tv/news/siberia-bus-geyser-video

Horrific Freak Accident Turns Bus Into A Boiling Death Trap

A Siberian bus turns into a dangerous geyser as boiling water shoots directly into the car full of passengers

The last thing you expect when riding the bus, minding your own business, is to suddenly become victim to torrents of boiling water filling up the inside.

A busload of passengers in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, fell victim to the odd accident after their bus fell through a hole in the road, disturbing a pipe underneath. Ultra hot water wasn't just hitting the bus -- it spouted up directly inside near the driver's seat.

The above video shows rescuers braving the boiling water to pull out passengers. The water is so hot and the steam so intense that rescuers are jumping around from foot to foot trying to get the riders to safety.

[Howard]

82 Water Main Breaks Over 5 Days in Milwaukee Wisconsin (May 20)

The number of water main breaks in Milwaukee continues to climb.

Since Saturday, May 17th, there have been 82 water main breaks, the majority occurring in the north and northwest parts of the city of Milwaukee.

There have been so many water main breaks since Saturday — the city has contracted extra workers to handle them.

The problem showed up on Saturday when the city shut down one of its two water treatment plants. City officials did that after Milwaukee Water Works found a leak on an 84-inch water main located outside the Texas Avenue Pumping Station on the south side. That station pumps water to the Howard Avenue Water Treatment Plant.

The Howard plant was then shut down. That left the Linnwood Water Treatment Plant to provide water to the Milwaukee Water Works' service area. When water pressure from the plant was increased, water main breaks started to occur.

Sources

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/number-of-water-main-breaks-...

http://fox6now.com/2014/05/20/its-still-happening-dpw-reports-numbe...

http://fox6now.com/2014/05/22/more-water-main-breaks-in-the-city-of...

[Howard]

Burst Water Main Creates 5-Storey Geyser, Destruction in Russian City (May 17)

A water main burst in Rostov-on-Don, in southwest Russia, created a huge spout reaching the top of the five-story building close to it. The rubble and water from the blast smashed windows and damaged cars parked nearby.

Videos, which emerged online, show the enormous fountain next to a five-storied apartment block. The accident happened during a water main pressure check, according to the local media. The pressure was so high, water overflowed the roof.

“I was struck when I saw water flooding my apartment, from both sides,” Ekaterina, who lives in the damaged house told donnews.ru. “There was a roar, it was scary! We were relatively lucky, some of our neighbors’ apartments were so flooded they had to use buckets to bail out the water.”

The burst main blasted a huge hole in the road, measuring several meters in diameter. At least seven cars were damaged; all of them have broken windows and some have more serious damages.

The pressure check was carried out by the Lukoil company, which car owners and residents of the damaged house are now going to sue.

Source

http://rt.com/news/159628-burst-water-main-rostov/

[KM]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2629202/50-000-gallons-crud...

TEN THOUSAND gallons of crude oil covers half a mile of Los Angeles after pipe bursts amid fears of environmental disaster

• Oil covers a huge area near the Atwater Village suburb and is said to be knee-high in many places
  
• Leak occurred after a 20-inch above-ground pipe burst outside The Gentleman's Club strip bar
  
• Flow to pipe was shut off remotely just after midnight local time - but leak continued for 45 minutes
• Two workers at nearby industrial plant were taken to hospital to be treated for 'respiratory concerns'
  
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By JOHN HALL

PUBLISHED: 10:37 GMT, 15 May 2014 | UPDATED: 16:17 GMT, 15 May 2014

The Los Angeles Fire Department says a ruptured oil pipe has caused about 10,000 gallons of crude oil to spill on to the city's streets. 

The oil - which covers a half-mile area and is knee-high in some places - escaped after a break in an above-ground pipeline outside 5175 West San Fernando Road in the Atwater Village suburb.

According to Los Angeles Fire Department, oil was spurting 15 to 20 feet into the air from a burst 20-inch pipe, with the leak reported shortly after midnight local time.

Clean up: Hazardous material specialists are also working at the scene amid concern that the massive spill could cause an environmental disaster. Fire Department spokesman Erik Scott says there is currently no 'visible evidence' that the oil has entered storm drains

Sweep: Workers try to prevent the vast quantities of crude oil flowing into storm drains. The drains empty into the Los Angeles River and there is concern the spill could cause serious harm to wildlife if the oil gets into the water supply.

The flow of oil to the pipe was remotely shut down shortly within 10 minutes of the burst being detected, but the leak continued for another 45 minutes.

A 20-inch oil pipeline is medium-sized by industry standards and would generally transport about 200,000 barrels per day based on average rates. There was no immediate information about the specific capacity or throughput of the line.

'This oil comes from the Bakersfield area, this is a pumping transfer station and pumping transfer station then transfers the oil to a storage facility in Long Beach,' Batallion Chief David Spence said.

Four workers at the nearby Baxter industrial plant were reportedly evaluated for general illness and respiratory concerns, with two of them taken to hospital, according to NBC Los Angeles,

Oil was seen shooting towards the sky and on to a nearby strip bar, The Gentlemen’s Club at around 1am local time. The Gentlemen's Club was subsequently evacuated, Los Angeles Fire Department said.

Four other commercial businesses are known to have been affected after LAPD completely shut down the Atwater Village area.