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The water main burst and flooded the street.
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The Evanston order affected only the part of the city nearest the water main break.
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Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
The pre-dawn attack ruptured a water main near the city center, sending water cascading through the streets around the battered facade of the Lukianivska subway station.
—Cassandra Vinograd, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
In Henrico, a water main break in Highland Springs late Monday evening exacerbated the issue and caused the eastern part of the county, including the airport, to lose all water access.
—Karri Peifer, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
Another water main break in 2016 that was not repaired for seven years left a massive, waterlogged ditch next to a golf course.
—Catherine Coleman Flowers, TIME, 28 Jan. 2025
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Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
The pre-dawn attack ruptured a water main near the city center, sending water cascading through the streets around the battered facade of the Lukianivska subway station.
—Cassandra Vinograd, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
In Henrico, a water main break in Highland Springs late Monday evening exacerbated the issue and caused the eastern part of the county, including the airport, to lose all water access.
—Karri Peifer, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
Another water main break in 2016 that was not repaired for seven years left a massive, waterlogged ditch next to a golf course.
—Catherine Coleman Flowers, TIME, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Water main.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20main. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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