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The images of the broken water main illustrate the catastrophic nature of the pipe failure that literally causes the pipe to burst apart, blowing large pieces off of the top of the pipe. In nearly every one of the 50 breaks that have occurred in the last 10 years, this pattern has been identical. This signature break pattern was an important indicator of the prospective causes of the break and ultimately helped guide the engineering study that revealed the source of the break. |