A water main break late Thursday afternoon affected 500 Indiana America Water customers and forced the closure of a road near the Hickory Ridge Lake Apartments in Merrillville, officials said. Cleveland Street [...]
An overnight gas leak has shut down Indian School Road between 32nd and 34th Street. The Phoenix Fire Department says crews from the city's water department were doing maintenance work near the intersection when [...]
According to MLive updated on August 10th: Bob Dion, Bay City's water distribution supervisor, is still trying to forget about a taxing three-day search for the source of a water main break [...]
According to Turlock City News on August 10th: The City of Turlock is reporting that mismarked underground utilities caused a contractor to hit a gas line, causing the large gas leak last [...]
According to ABC7 on July 30th: An underground vault explosion triggered a power outage in downtown Long Beach Thursday afternoon for the second time this month, police said. Residents reported hearing a [...]
According to WJTV12 update on July 29th: Natural gas is spewing out a hole on Siwell and Terry road in Byram, MS where Jackson crews were working on a water main break. Emergency [...]
According to WMC Action News 5 on July 25th: Public works crews still haven't found a water main break that's affecting thousands in and around South Jackson. The city's spokesperson, Shelia Byrd, [...]
According to Ruidoso News on July 9th: A water leak at the Ruidoso High School has forced the closure of the main building and the gymnasium. According to Maintenance Director, Lenny Allen, [...]
According to CV Times on July 9th: Striking a single line can render 911 emergency lines ineffective, cause significant injury and result in repair costs, fines and inconvenient outages. “The cleanup process [...]
According to ABC30 on July 6th: A flooding problem at a Clovis school has been fixed. The school district says it was caused by a district employee who hit a fire hydrant. [...]
According to Reuters on June 19th: Many petroleum accidents that can cost lives and cause injuries involve utilities, and the culprit is often homeowners or construction workers damaging or cutting lines, a [...]
According to Lehigh Valley news on May 27: Two Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania, residents have sued the city of Bethlehem and its water authority after sinkholes in late November made their home unlivable. The [...]
According to the LA Times: A preliminary investigation by a state utility agency revealed Fresno County workers who hit a gas line, triggering an explosion that injured 14, had not checked for [...]
According to Public Works Magazine: In the past, managers could depend on employees who had worked at the facility for several decades or longer to tell them where various assets were when [...]
