Gerads said the
water main originally rested on the riverbed.
A Welsh Water spokesman said: "This was a very difficult repair given the size of the
water main and also the challenging ground and weather conditions.
A critical new finding is that smaller municipal utilities have twice the
water main break rates as larger utilities.
Earlier in the year,
water main replacement projects totalling USD1.1m were completed on Oak and Tenplus Streets, Tanglefoot Lane, Pleasant Ridge Drive and 25th Street in Bettendorf; North Pine and North Harrison Streets, Jersey Ridge Road at Duck Creek and 53rd Street east of Elmore Avenue in Davenport; Davenport Avenue in LeClaire; and Manor and Circle Drives in Riverdale.
Tees and valves were also installed at some intersections with county roads to accommodate
water main extensions, if needed.
At 9pm on Tuesday Welsh Water said engineers had repaired the burst
water main and were starting to refill the system.
A break on the
water main affected supplies to Crymych, Boncath, St Dogmaels, Tegryn, Moelgrove and Nevern.
Mountain Water Company announced it recently completed replacing 2,450 feet of old
water main in downtown Missoula, MT.
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A broken
water main shut down traffic along a section of West 11th Avenue in Eugene for several hours Thursday, creating traffic jams along a street that's already one of the most congested in the city.
A BURST
water main caused chaos in Skelmanthorpe when one of its main roads was closed off during morning rush hour.
The work is part of a pounds 3m move by Northumbrian Water to upgrade 47 kilometres of
water main in the old market town and when it is finished the work should provide a reliable supply of clean mains water for the next century.