Water Main Break Articles

The recent cold snap hitting certain areas of the U.S. has brought more than extreme discomfort. Utilities from New York to Louisville...

When Richard Crow arrived at the job site last week in Fort Lauderdale, what he saw epitomized the devastation Floridians are dealing...

The water system in the small bayside community of Holiday Beach, Texas, is back on, a development Neil Adams, general manager of...

Officials in Lawrence, Kansas, discovered that 13 miles of pipeline had been improperly installed after being inundated with 22 water main breaks...

D.C. Water recently awarded its largest contract ever — a 5-mile tunnel costing $580 million that will help avoid CSOs into the...

Kansas City, Missouri, recently celebrated its 100th mile of pipe replaced since launching a comprehensive water main replacement program in 2013.It’s only...

The Metropolitan Utilities District in Omaha, Nebraska, had 96 water main breaks in December, a record for the utility in that month,...

The important role of water professionals as first responders was a lesson relearned after 9/11 and again after hurricanes Katrina in 2005 and Sandy...

Communities across the country are facing the immediate challenges of aging and inadequate drinking water and wastewater infrastructure. Most of our country’s...

To many history buffs, “the prettiest ornamental water tower and pumping station” in the U.S. belongs to Louisville Water. In 1860, the...

In 2014, the city of Napa, California, experienced a 6.0 magnitude earthquake, which caused about a year’s worth of water main breaks...

San Francisco Bay Area agencies are making progress with a $113 million project aimed at bolstering water supplies for crisis situations. The...

The number of water main breaks in Baltimore, Maryland, has declined by about 40 percent over the last two years, according to...

Missouri American Water Co. says it has canceled $20 million in water main replacement projects this year due to uncertainty related to...