Karen, any problems with WATER?

[lizbud]

I was wondering about the water break too. How long till they get it fixed?

[Karen]

It depends ... as usual. It could be days, or a week or more. I feel sorriest for people with small children.

[wombat2u2004]

What has happened ??? You all have a water line break or something ???

[Karen]

We had a huge water main "break" - the pipe didn't break, but the collar connecting two huge pipes that bring water into the city broke. Yesterday there were 8 million gallons of water an hour pouring out of the pipe, fortunately it broke right near the Charles River. Paul took some pictures on the "waterfall" that was created on either side of a footbridge. So right now, about 2 million people in the Boston Metro area have been told they need to boil any tapwater before using it to drink, cook with, or even brush their teeth - what we're getting right now is mostly untreated water from two local reservoirs, and they worry about bacteria from goose poop, deer dropping, etc., in the water.

We have plenty of bottled water, and Paul went a few towns west and picked up some more today, just in case, as it may take days before we can rely on tap-water again.

See: Boston.com for the complete story, Wom!

[DJFyrewolf36]

Prayers on the way they get it fixed quickly!!!

[Freedom]

WOW I hadn't heard (been working the vegie garden all weekend with the nice weather).

Prayers for all of you! Yes folks with small children, aged, handicapped, they will find this a real challenge.

Any chance Paul will share his pics with us?

[wombat2u2004]

Eight million gallons an hour is a lot of water. It must be fairly gushing out.
I noticed in the article that the join was held together by a metal collar over a rubber sleeve ???? Perhaps the rubber perished ???