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Calif. Pipe Bursts in Test, Closes Freeway Lanes

A 2-foot-wide section of pipe burst Sunday during a high-pressure water test along the same Pacific Gas & Electric pipeline in Northern California that had a deadly explosion last year, sending mud, debris and a pipe cover into Interstate 280 …

Fired Contractor Blamed in Missouri Courthouse Soaking

A contractor fired at the federal courthouse in St. Louis a decade ago is blamed for installing a misaligned pipe that broke and flooded many floors. But the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a General Services Administration official says there …

Pipe Break Causes Damage at Missouri Federal Courthouse

A broken pipe flooded courtrooms and offices and damaged computers and other high-tech equipment at the Thomas Eagleton U.S. Courthouse in St. Louis on Wednesday, forcing some court hearings to be rescheduled and potentially costing millions of dollars to repair. …

DC Sewer Overflows Down Following Court Settlement

Aging water mains in the Maryland suburbs have had a series of spectacular breaks requiring firefighters to rescue people from cascading water, residents to boil tap water and crews to rip up roads to replace shattered pipes. But the Washington …

Saltwater Pipeline Bursts in Northwest North Dakota

A Texas company says an underground saltwater pipeline ruptured in northwest North Dakota and flooded about 40 acres of farmland and wetlands. Frisco-based Petro Harvester Operating Co. tells the Minot Daily News that the break in the 3-inch pipeline was …