Articles | Volume 18, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-2951-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-2951-2018
Research article
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09 Nov 2018
Research article |  | 09 Nov 2018

How the impacts of burst water mains are influenced by soil sand content

Timothy S. Farewell, Simon Jude, and Oliver Pritchard

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Sinkholes capture the attention of residents and local media. Cars fall through roads into holes caused by water escaping from burst water mains. To determine where impacts from burst pipes on other infrastructure are most likely, we investigated soil maps, infrastructure records and local media reports, and held workshops and interviews with infrastructure companies. We found that burst mains in high sand content soils were much more likely to impact roads, gas pipes, buildings and sewers.
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