MAIN WATER PIPE, UNSEEN HAZARDS

THIS CORNER HAD HAZARDS THAT WERE PREDICTED. BUT WITH EXTENSIVE POT HOLING, TO FIND THE EXISTING UNDERGROUND PIPES, AND YEARS OF EXPERIENCE DIGGING UNDERGROUND SYSTEMS, THE DIGGING PROCEEDED WITH CAUTION.

SUDDENLY, BECAUSE OF MOVING DIRT THAT HAS NOT BEEN DISTURBED FOR DECADES, ANOTHER EXISTING WATER TAP ( SEE BLOG OF 7 20 10 ) THAT WAS NOT KNOWN OF, CAME LOOSE AND CREATED A MASSIVE LEAK.

A SUBMERSIBLE PUMP WAS PUT IN PLACE TO MOVE THE WATER OUT OF THE AREA..

TRAFFIC WAS SLOWED BECAUSE OF THE STREET FLOODING..

INNOVATIVE WAYS WERE USED TO MOVE THE WATER ACROSS THE STREET TO THE DRAIN.. 

THE COUNTY WATER DEPARTMENT CLOSED WATER VALVES AND REDUCED THE PRESSURE ON THE PIPE TO ALLOW THE WORKERS TO EXPOSE THE LEAK AND START REPAIRS..

THERE WAS A CHOICE OF TWO METHODS TO REPAIR THE OLD PIPE. ONE WAS A SADDLE REPLACEMENT AND THE OTHER WAS A SLEEVE IF THE HOLE HAD SPLIT..

THE WORKERS HAVE CHECKED THE LEAK AND FOUND THAT A NEW SADDLE WILL WORK..

(THE WATER IS NOT AS DEEP AS IT LOOKS, THE WORKERS ARE ON THEIR KNEES)

THE OLD SADDLE WAS CUT CLEAR AND THE NEW SADDLE WAS PUT IN PLACE AND TIGHTENED DOWN..

AS THE NEW SADDLE WAS TIGHTENED, THE WATER LEAK STOPPED..

THERE WAS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AT HE SITE, AS A LOT OF PERSONAL WATCHED THE  EVENT AND IT'S REPAIR..

SINCE THE LARGE HOLE HAD BEEN OPENED, MORE OF THE AREA WAS EXPOSED AND A MULTITUDE OF UNDERGROUND PIPING OF DIFFERENT SYSTEMS WAS FOUND.. A 30" DRAIN PIPE, A SEWER PIPE, ELECTRIC AND FIBER OPTIC PIPES.