KS: After 22 water main breaks, city finds 13 miles of pipeline were improperly installed

LJ World: For more than two weeks, people living in the 2000 block of Louisiana Street saw firsthand what a water main break means. That included workers having to tear through lawns and sidewalks to replace the leaking pipe, and a week when residents had to boil their drinking water.

Before that, a water main break on Fourth Street required several days of repair and left 200 customers temporarily without water. And there were others.

In a three-week period, 22 water main breaks occurred throughout the city, costing a total of about $200,000 in repairs and replacements, according to Director of Utilities Dave Wagner.

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