Karen, any problems with WATER?

[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 ???

[Cinder & Smoke]

Eight million gallons an hour is a lot of water.
It must be fairly gushing out.

I noticed in the article that the joint was held together
by a metal collar over a rubber sleeve ????
Perhaps the rubber perished ???

That's the Million Gallon Question!
As for "the gushing" ... that's a bit of an understatement!

They have to go look for the pieces & parts of the failed joint - those pieces
washed into the River during the "gusher" and need to be recovered.

The basic joint design - a metal collar over a rubber sleeve and seal - is a
very common type of waterpipe joint that is used in modern water systems.

[Karen]

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 ???

The bad part is that that intersection was only 7 years old, so they are going to have to do some serious investigation as to why it failed. Thankfully the river is fairly placid at that point, so it should not have gone too far downstream.

[elizabethann]

You can always come up here for water.

[lvpets2002]

Karen you all can come to Texas anytime.. We have good water so far.. Really Prayers going out to all of you.. That is just all so horrible..