How to Use water main in a Sentence

water main

noun
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  • The water main burst and flooded the street.
  • Bagley said this is the third water main break in the past four days.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2022
  • This is the most recent water main break to occur in the area over the past few days.
    — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2022
  • When a water main breaks or a bridge crumbles, the city is held back.
    — Carl Swanson, Curbed, 19 July 2021
  • The water main break occurred in the two eastbound lanes on the south side of Highland Road.
    — cleveland, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Over the past month, there have also been three water main breaks.
    — Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Mulcahy said the goal is to start construction of the water main next year.
    — Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 3 Aug. 2023
  • At each site, a worker breaks ground by the curb and digs straight down near the water main beneath the street.
    — Kevin Armstrong, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2021
  • And that was before a water main break forced them to relocate in the middle of the night.
    — Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2023
  • As a result, the city is starting to see more water main breaks.
    — Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com, 14 Oct. 2021
  • About a month ago, a water main near his parents' home burst.
    — Pien Huang, NPR, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Crew members repaired the water main overnight and recharged the systems.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 29 May 2023
  • Those who weren’t killed were drowned when a burst water main flooded the wreckage.
    — Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Up to 80 water main breaks were reported between the time the storm hit and March 1.
    — Sarah Haselhorst, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Officials at the time suspected the mound was due to a water main break.
    — Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Officials said part of the road had been closed off while a work crew repaired a water main break in the area.
    — Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2021
  • The victim was part of a work crew replacing a water main.
    — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Video from the scene showed three water main breaks occur in the area within a two-hour time span Monday.
    — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2022
  • When the water main burst last Friday, officials had to divert water to the west side of the base.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The water main is being replaced from roughly Ohio Street to Edgewood Drive, in both the 2nd and 7th wards.
    — Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Lead pipes were often used to connect homes to the water main before they were banned in 1986.
    — Mira Cheng, CNN, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Sand and rocks covered the pavement, which cracked and warped when the water main broke Saturday.
    — John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2022
  • That translates into about 1,400 miles of water main pipes throughout the city.
    — Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The extended heat and lack of rain has caused the ground to shift in Fort Worth, Texas, causing nearly 200 water main breaks over the last month.
    — New York Times, 21 July 2022
  • There are no houses along the length of the water main, so the city will not have to face any lead service line replacements.
    — Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 14 May 2021
  • Though a sprinkler system was in place when the fire began, nobody had bothered to hook it up to the water main on the street.
    — Robert Klara, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2023
  • No cause for the water main break had been determined Sunday, Bagley said.
    — John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Jan. 2023
  • The village's recent project to replace the water mains was in part to reduce such breaks, said Meister.
    — Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The upcoming construction marks the final phase of the project to replace the water main, which began in September.
    — Killian Baarlaer, The Enquirer, 15 June 2024
  • Firefighters faced challenges including a water main break when containing the fire.
    — Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 12 July 2024

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