Washington Water Pipe Burst

On December,23 2008 a 66 inch water pipe burst in a small town in Maryland. MORE than 150,000 gallon of water flowed through the pipe per minute. The road was left with more than 4 feet of water, rescue crews had to save some motorist and drivers but luckily no one was hurt during all of this. The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission determined the cause of the water burst was that the pipe was over 40 years old and had rotted away. But even though it was over 40 years old it was still relatively young compared to other pipes in the nation some pipes date back to over 100 years. The nation’s infrastructure is a critical component in delivering clean drinking water to house holds all across the country. Bad infrastructure is taking a toll
everywhere more than 240,000 water mains break.