BREAKS IN WATER MAINS
Organization, Equipment, and Records Needed to Control Flow from Such Breaks Subways Have Complicated Problem—Main Factors to be Considered in Handling Breaks in Mains and Methods to be Employed
WATER works maintenance men have ever before them the certainty that from time to time some part of their distribution system will fail, and that without warning they will be called upon to shut off the flow from a broken main, which may be endangering or destroying life and property, and to promptly repair the break. Such happenings are fortunately of relatively infrequent occurrence, and this may be, and probably is the explanation of the slow progress made in developing organization, equipment, records and procedu r e to efficiently handle the emergencies created by breaks in water mains, especially in what may be termed large mains, i. e., 20inches and larger.
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