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Washington to replace century-old water mains block-by-block; staff outlines sampling, slip‑lining and monitoring plan
Summary
Public works described a block‑by‑block water main replacement on Front Street, scheduled charging and sampling procedures, plans for Main Street next year, ongoing slip‑lining projects, and use of field 'eye trackers' through a Missouri Rural Water apprenticeship to find infiltration.
City of Washington public works staff outlined plans to replace aging cast-iron water mains in the older part of town and described concurrent measures to limit resident disruption and confirm water quality.
The department said Front Street — which staff described as housing a water line more than 120 years old and subject to high system pressures — is being replaced one block at a time while the street is repaved. “Once they get the valves all set today, they'll start digging in the next block ... block by block heading east to west, we'll replace…
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