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Underground fire-hydrant pipe bursts at Mountain Way; district, city and insurer coordinate repairs
Summary
District maintenance reported an underground pipe feeding on-site fire hydrants ruptured, causing water to undermine about 15,000 square feet of asphalt at Mountain Way; the city helped shut down pressure and the insurer agreed to cover damage-related repairs but indicated it may not cover the cost of replacing the broken pipe itself.
Marshall Cruz, the district’s business/operations lead, told the Granite Falls School Board on June 25 that an underground supply pipe feeding fire hydrants beneath Mountain Way ruptured and sent water through the surface, causing substantial settling of asphalt.
Cruz said the pipe is about 8 feet below ground and the break forced crews to excavate, clamp a replacement section into the existing pipe and test the seal. “It burst with a hole about this being in…
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