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The sinkhole was caused by the collapse of a storm water utility outfall pipe, part of the village's primary storm water conveyance, 70 feet below the surface of Buckley and Big Bay Parks.
Repair won't be a quick fix or an easy endeavor Around 70 feet below the park grounds where the sinkhole occurred is the stormwater outfall pipe that drains between 15% and 20% of the village's ...
Canton City Council approved paying the contractors $278,919 to fix the U.S. Route 30 sinkhole ... U.S. Route 30 sinkhole repair to cost Canton $280,000 ... which measured nearly 4 feet in ...
Widespread washouts can occur in mountainous areas after heavy rains, even in normally dry ravines. A severe washout can become a landslide, or cause a dam break in an earthen dam. Like other forms of erosion, most washouts can be prevented by vegetation whose roots hold the soil and/or slow the flow of surface and underground water.
Pipe replacement by pipe bursting. Pipe bursting is a trenchless method of replacing buried pipelines (such as sewer, water, or natural gas pipes) without the need for a traditional construction trench. "Launching and receiving pits" replace the trench needed by conventional pipe-laying.
Sanitary sewer overflow can occur due to blocked or broken sewer lines, infiltration of excessive stormwater or malfunction of pumps. In these cases untreated sewage is discharged from a sanitary sewer into the environment prior to reaching sewage treatment facilities. To avoid such overflows, maintenance is required.
In 2016, an abandoned underground coal mine likely contributed to a 30-foot wide and 25-foot deep sinkhole that opened up in the front yard of a south side Des Moines home.
A sinkhole and water main break in a parking lot Sunday has created an unsafe situation for nearly 20 townhomes in Patton Township. On Sunday evening, a sinkhole opened up in the parking lot for ...