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 

[Howard]

Water Main Break Sends Geyser Through Middle of Utah Street (July 8)

A water main broke and sent water shooting up out of the middle of the street in a Murray Utah neighborhood Monday afternoon.

The incident occurred near the area of 5500 South and 1100 West around 5 p.m. City officials were able to get the water flow stopped around 5:30 p.m.

Water can be seen in the video above shooting 30 to 40 feet into the air. Rocks, concrete and other debris were also blasted into the air. It was not a manhole or other cover that broke; the force of the water ruptured the asphalt.

The 12-inch water main was carrying culinary water.  The cause of the rupture has not been determined.

Source

http://fox13now.com/2013/07/08/homes-flooded-after-geyser-of-water-...

[Howard]

Ruptured Water Main Creates 30-Ft Geyser in Atlanta Georgia (July 4)
Rosalyn Stokes thought she would be celebrating Fourth of July fireworks Thursday. Instead, she had to deal with water works after a 30-foot-high geyser erupted in her front yard.

"I found water just gushing out of my front yard like a geyser," said Stokes. She said her first thought was who was going to foot the bill for repairs. Her son shot video of the geyser on her cellphone.

Another neighbor, Velma Jacobs, grabbed a camcorder and recorded video of the geyser, too. She said it shot up so high, it soaked a series of power lines over their street. She was worried the water and electricity wouldn't mix.

"It scared me. It really did," said Jacobs. "I didn't know what was going to happen. I said, if those lines fall, it's going to be some severe damage out there."

Source

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/woman-spends-holiday-battling-...

[Howard]

Yet Another Water Main Break in Dallas Texas (July 3)
A water main break early Wednesday morning sent water cascading 50 feet in the air on 8600 block of Skillman Street.

Source

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Water-Main-Break-Shoots-50-Feet-In...

[lonne rey]

7ft Water main burst, Dallas

A water main measuring seven feet in diameter ruptured early Monday morning near White Rock Lake. The break happened just before 5:00 a.m. in the 2800 block of West Lawther Drive, near White Rock Road, and caused massive headaches for neighbors and drivers in the area.

“It’s a very important pipeline,” said Randy Payton with the City of Dallas. The 84-inch pipe transmits drinking water from the southern portion of Dallas to the northern parts of the city. It is the third largest pipeline in Dallas, and had been operating for around 30 years. It is still unclear what caused the pipe to rupture.

This was the second water main break in Dallas in just over 24 hours, and the third break in the past week. Tarrant County and Collin County have also been battling water main breaks in the past week.

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/07/01/massive-water-pipe-ruptures-in-d...

[Howard]

Powerful Water Main Rupture Blows Roof off Texas Home (June 26)

A rupture in a water main sent a high pressure geyser rocketing toward a Fort Worth home Tuesday night. It blew out windows, tore off the roof and flooded the house with up to a foot of water.

The break left as many as 70 homes without water Tuesday night. Asphalt and rock littered the front yard of the home in the 3600 block of Walton Avenue. 

Homeowner Ann Spencer was inside when the line broke, and said the water hitting her home sounded like power lines snapping in a storm. She ran outside though when her ceiling started to cave in.

“I went out the patio door and it almost knocked me over, coming over the house in the backyard,” she said.

Spencer and her boyfriend Norm Green said the geyser sprayed the home for up to 45 minutes before city crews were able to turn the water off.

“Everybody was just looking in awe, you know,” Green said. “There was nothing you could do.”

Source

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/06/26/water-main-hole-floods-fort-wort...

 

Compilation video that also includes footage of a North Dallas water main break that occurred on June 24.

[Howard]

Burst Water Line Creates Large Geyser Near Salt Lake City (June 24)

An estimated 500,000 gallons of water exploded out of a building in Riverdale Monday afternoon.

The water flowed up through the roof of the building, creating a geyser 50 to 60 feet high.

A piece of carbon steel pipe flew across the room and damaged a hypochloride tank.

The coupling burst shortly before 12:30 at a building near 4550 S 700 W. The building sits atop a deep ground water well, one of 18 in the in the district.

Brad Nelson, Drinking Water Manager for Weber Basin Water, said the water flowed for about 30 minutes and caused an estimated $500,000 in damage.

Nelson said the coupling probably failed due to a combination of time and pressure.

The facility takes drinking water straight from a well, chlorinates it and sends it to customers, Nelson said.

"We've run this well station for 10 years without any problems," he said.

Nelson said he doesn't know yet what caused the coupling to fail and that it could take up to eight weeks to repair the station.

Sources

http://fox13now.com/2013/06/24/pipes-burst-creating-large-geyser-in...

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865582143/Well-malfunction-cause...

[Howard]

Massive Water Main Break in Louisiana (June 15)
video

The scene in Shreveport's Allendale neighborhood Saturday resembled a virtual ocean spewing from a burst water main on Kenneth Street, near Andrew and Dunlap Streets.

One of the casualties was a home located at 1312 Andrew Street, which became partially submerged as the gallons flowed from the broken main toward the home.

"The house was just ruined."

The renter, who chose not to show his face on camera, says the rush of water was unlike anything he'd ever seen.

He says his children's clothes, shoes, books, and anything that was near the floor was completely covered in water.

"Floors are ruined. I'm finding out that electrical, some of my outlets are ruined."

Directly next to the water main, stands 114-year-old Saint Mary Baptist Church. It's basement quickly filled with about 5 to 7 inches of water.

"I've seen water mains bust before but nothing like this," says church board member, Don Ellis, Sr.

That's because this particular main was a transmission main, a 24-inch pipe that transports large amounts of water from one section of the city to another.

That cast iron main has since been replaced with updated PVC pipe.

"We've been getting things, couplings that fit, that would work, that would keep it from leaking," says Barbara Featherston, Interim Director of Water & Sewerage Dept.

Source

http://www.ktbs.com/story/22614881/local-residents-still-drying-out...

[Howard]

Water Main Rupture Blows Geyser in Kansas (June 18)

Water was gushing about 30 feet into the air Tuesday morning outside of Nebraska Furniture Mart in Kansas City, Kan.

A water main apparently broke on Prairie Crossing, between Parallel and Village West parkways on the western side of the giant furniture store.

It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the water main to burst or if any nearby businesses were affected.

The KCK Board of Public Utilities was looking into the break.

Source

http://www.kshb.com/dpp/news/region_kansas/kck/busted-main-sends-wa...

[Howard]

Three Water Mains Rupture in Vallejo, California (June 6)

Nearly simultaneously, water mains burst at Solano Avenue and Mariposa Street, at Webb Street and Pearl Court, and at Elliott and Dillon drives around 4 p.m in Vallejo.  In all, about 40 homes were affected. 

Sources

http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/vallejo-firefighters-respond-least-4-...

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/north_bay&i...

[Howard]

Massive Water Main Break Floods Detroit Streets, Forces Rescue (May 30)

A 42-inch water main break flooded several streets Thursday morning along the river and forced firefighters to make a rescue in Detroit.

It happened near Jefferson and Rosa Parks Boulevard, not far from the post office.

The streets flooded so severely, a man who was fishing along the river had to be helped out of the water by fire crews.

He wasn't injured.

The Detroit Water Department says a 42 inch pipe burst, causing the problem.  Water was being shut off at that main to stop the gushing of water. 

The entire repair job is expected to take up to five days.

Sources

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/water-main-break-traps-man-in-hi...

http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/region/detroit/massive-water-main-brea...