Prior to the mid-1950s, lead was commonly used to build pipes that deliver water from the street into residential homes. Lead pipes were not used in apartment and other buildings with more than six ...

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South East Water said two separate burst pipes are responsible for the water outage. The incident began last night (Friday) at about 7.30pm and has continued to affect homes across Hampden Park today.

That's due to a pile-up of snow in the area where the pipe is set to be installed, plus continued sub-zero temperatures that make it unsafe to pump water. The hospital has priority for water ...

A well-preserved Ancient Roman wooden water pipe was recently uncovered in an unexpected place: the marshlands of Belgium. The discovery was announced by the city of Leuven, a city east of ...

The company said on Wednesday that the pipe was one of the largest in its network and staff worked to "carefully manage the flow of water" while maintaining supplies. Several nearby homes are ...

A burst water main caused chaos in Matson, Gloucester, when thousands of gallons of water shot 50 feet into the air early Wednesday, soaking neighboring properties and leaving some residents ...

The burst has now been stopped and teams are now concentration on keeping people's water supply flowing and working to fix the pipe. Below, you can see some of the images and video from yesterday.

A huge sinkhole opened up in the middle of a UK street - leaving locals without any water. Council officers and workmen rushed to the scene yesterday morning following reports of a burst pipe in ...

A huge sinkhole emerged in Merthyr Tydfil county borough following a burst water pipe. Merthyr Tydfil council officers and workers from Dwr Cymru Welsh Water rushed to the scene on Tuesday morning ...

Thousands of gallons of water covers houses after water pipe bursts in Gloucester Water company Severn Trent has said that bottled water is being handed out to those impacted by the pipe burst.

The burst main waterpipe has resulted in thousands of litres of water is being propelled around a 100 feet in the air and has caused disruption to those living nearby. The burst pipe has is ...