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In Los Angeles, more water main breaks become business as usual; Despite publicity about ruptures, utility says the number of incidents now ‘back to normal’

Posted by: Maven on October 21, 2009 at 7:56 am

From the Los Angeles Daily News:

“A municipal water main bursts at 2 a.m. Tuesday and water gushes across Mulholland Drive near Sherman Oaks, soaking two backyards and caking several intersections with mud.

A short time later, two separate water lines rupture in South Los Angeles, causing a sinkhole, flooding and street closures.

But for the Department of Water and Power, it’s back to business as usual in Los Angeles.

“The (number of water line breaks) have returned back to normal,” said DWP spokesman Joe Ramallo, noting a big dip in main line breaks in October compared with September.

“What we’ve seen is a lot of increased media coverage on what in the past had been minor breaks that no one noticed,” Ramallo said.

So far in October, there have been 18 water main breaks, including the latest on Mulholland Drive. That puts October on pace to drop sharply from September, when 44 significant breaks were reported, Ramallo said. …”

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October 21, 2009 · Filed Under Southern California, Water Agency News

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