Sentences with phrase «water main breaks»

In addition to the all - important flood zone map, which your real estate agent can provide, «keep in mind that flooding from storms or water main breaks will hit homes the hardest that are on a ground pitch angled downhill,» says Di Natale.

When you purchase Killeen renters insurance, you are covered against: water main breaks, lightning damages, hail damages, falling object damages, electrical surge damages, theft, terroristic acts, and vandalism.

Waukegan renters insurance protects your personal property against fire, theft, water main breaks, vandalism, falling objects, and electrical surges.

But, if a fire breaks out or a water main breaks and floods your condominium, you'll wish you had considered it.

Water damage is reserved for things such as a leak in the unit above yours or if a water main breaks.

What if a water main breaks and floods your rental property?

In California, the most common causes are water main breaks and sewer pipe collapses, but a sudden collapse in the earth's crust due erosion or subterranean caves that form near the ocean can also be the cause.

According to a report released last November by ITT Corp, we have 650 water main breaks every day, and the American Society of Civil Engineers states that leaky pipes alone result in 7 billion gallons of clean drinking water lost every single day.

This, despite the fact that the report found that «Toronto's cost of water treatment is relatively low» (though the cost of delivering the water, due to water main breaks, is quite high).

From sweeping wildfires to water main breaks and livestock starvation, this year has been brutal.

Better resource availability for infrastructure repair required due to extreme weather (e.g., human and physical resources for water main breaks and road repair due to extended freezes, and better stockpiled availability of salt and de-icing chemicals for previously unpredictable extended snow and ice events).

Whether it's snow, water main breaks, Halloween pranks — no matter what you do, you're going to have a sector of the community that thinks that you acted in the wrong way, because it impacted their lives in a negative sense.

A water main breaks; a student falls down the stairs.

The mayor said Syracuse has recorded 155 water main breaks in the first three months of the year, compared to 354 in all of 2013.

«Too many places are dealing with water main breaks, leaks, contaminated drinking water and other problems that can result in public health threats, property damage or inconvenience for residents and businesses,» he said.

«There's water main breaks and bridges that need to be repaired and roads that need to be repaired,» she said.

New York City's massive system suffers from frequent water main breaks, including 562 in 2015 alone, the report found.

It's the latest example of the need for water infrastructure improvements in a city that's been impacted by hundreds of water main breaks in recent years.

The Glenville Republican said water main breaks cost small communities thousands of dollars each year in damage to new roads.

Its crumbling infrastructure has become for many residents a familiar nuisance — sinkholes and water main breaks have popped up in yards and major roads across the city.

Water department crews have spent a lot more time this winter digging into frozen ground, shoveling asphalt and sifting through mud to find holes in Syracuse's plumbing as an unusually high number of water main breaks is putting a strain on city resources.

It's been a really horrible year when it comes to water main breaks in the City of Syracuse, said water department superintendent Paul Trovato.

Last year, the team directed the installation of sensors on pipes to predict water main breaks and established a methodical system of identifying and repairing patchy roads.

But water main breaks are now a year - round problem for the city.

Last year, the State Office Building had one of the city's water main breaks, Miner said.

We have had nearly 300 water main breaks so far this year,» Hawkins said in a statement.

One day after lifting a «boil water» public health advisory, the Erie County Water Authority on Sunday reported 11 separate water main breaks in parts of Amherst, Depew, Hamburg, West Seneca, Lackawanna and Lancaster.

Water main breaks all across the state.»

If Miner's strategy works, Syracuse could have access to tens of millions of dollars to make substantial improvements in a system that has seen one to two water main breaks per day for the past two years.

With a record number of water main breaks last year, and 251 already this year, the city is swimming in repairs.

Some supervisors will be able to authorize overtime without committee approval for emergencies such as homicides and water main breaks.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — In 2015, there were 372 water main breaks in Syracuse, Mayor Stephanie Miner said today.

In written testimony to Congress, Mayor Stephanie Miner says the number of water main breaks in Syracuse declined 18 percent since 2014, but the city needs federal aid to move forward with a $ 726 million project to fix its aging pipelines.

Mayor Stephanie Miner says the 60 sinkholes the city has repaired so far this year are unanticipated consequences of water main breaks and leaks.

Water main breaks recently closed down one Syracuse high schools this week, and Miner said some downtown businesses have told her they may have to move if more breaks continue.

Syracuse has tried to cut down on the number of water main breaks by developing a predictive analytics model to determine where breaks are most likely to occur based on the age of pipes and the frequency of breaks in the area.

Most recently, the authority came under fire this summer for its handling of a series of water main breaks.

The city needs police cars, suffers frequent water main breaks and can't afford repairs needed to keep swimming pools and ice rinks open.

The water board and the water infrastructure in Niagara Falls have come under fire over the last several months because of various water main breaks and the discharge into the lower Niagara River in late - July.

«It's unacceptable in the 21st Century that New Yorkers have to boil their water before drinking and it's even more troubling that water main breaks are becoming more and more frequent.»

So far this year, the city of Syracuse has dealt with more than 155 water main breaks.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Mayor Stephanie Miner released a $ 675 million budget last week that holds local water rates flat for a fifth straight year, even as the city saw a record 391 water main breaks last year.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville) today says two water main breaks in Rotterdam and a sewer break in Amsterdam underscore the continued urgent need for a new state program to repair and maintain vital local drinking water, sewer, storm water management and gas line infrastructure to protect lives, secure the viability of roads and bridges aboveground, and save tax dollars.

Plans to replace the mile - long pipe follows a history of nuisance leaks, water - valve failures and «a significant number» of water main breaks in Orland Hills Gardens and part of Old Orland, John Ingram, director of infrastructure maintenance for the village, said at the Aug. 20 village board finance committee meeting...

Flooding from a water main break added to the misery of travelers after a winter storm canceled or delayed hundreds of flights in recent days.

hilariously informed news channel ABC 7 in Los Angeles why the water main broke on the UCLA campus...

A massive water main break at the airport caused chaos and a shutdown of its international arrivals terminal — the latest in a series of misfortunes to befall travelers, some of whom have been stranded for days.

County officials urged that the boil water notice be issued following last week's water main break.

The water main break affected approximately 250,000 people, leaving many homes and businesses, including a fire station, without water for a period of time.

More than 200,000 area residents are still under a boil water advisory due to a water main break earlier this week.