Over the past 15 years, the city has been replacing 75-to-100-year-old cast iron pipes with less fragile PVC pipes.

Crews fixed a water main break Thursday on Fourth Avenue North between North 31st Street and North 30th Street.

BY FORREST ADAMS [email protected] What’s going on with the city’s water distribution system? A water main broke in mid-February and caused a sewage flood. In the past two years there ...

The leaking water filled the hole where the World War II-era cast iron main was located, and it had to be drained before crews could start the repairs. The pipe is one of four that carry nearly 85 ...

Aqua Pennsylvania is upgrading 12,025 feet of aging water mains across Delaware County. The existing cast iron pipes, which ...

In a remarkable display of dedication and perseverance, Public Works Water Department crews worked tirelessly to address a ...

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In the opinion of some, the use of galvanized iron for water pipes, conveying water for drinking and culinary purposes, is injurious. Others take opposite ground in regard to this matter ...

A World War II-era cast iron water main burst Tuesday ... Across the Southeast, water utilities had an average of 16 water main breaks per 100 miles of pipe, the American Water Works Association ...

The frigid winter temperatures have caused a record number of water main breaks ... more brittle cast iron pipes with new pipes made with modern materials. Currently, over half of the underground ...