STREET SINKER WATER MAIN BREAKS IN VAN NUYS.Byline: Phillip W. Browne Staff Writer VAN NUYS - A 63-year-old water main broke early Monday, flooding surrounding streets and opening up a sinkhole sinkhole or sink or doline Depression formed as underlying limestone bedrock is dissolved by groundwater. Sinkholes vary greatly in area and depth and may be very large. at a busy San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. intersection, officials said. The 60-inch pipe - the largest of the Department of Water and Power's water mains - broke about 2 a.m. at Saticoy and Haskell streets, DWP DWP Department of Work and Pensions (UK) DWP Drinking Water Program DWP Dynamic Weapon Pricing (gamin, Counter-Strike: Source) DWP Department of Water & Power DWP Drinking Water Protection spokesman Randy Hough n. 1. Same as Hock, a joint. v. t. 1. Same as Hock, to hamstring. [ imp. & p. p. os> r>; p. pr. & vb. n. os> n. 1. An adz; a hoe. v. t. 1. To cut with a hoe. said. Thousands of gallons of water poured from the main, eroding the asphalt and soil of the intersection and creating a sinkhole, Hough said. Water service to nearby residents was disrupted for several hours. The Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. made sure there were no injuries and helped divert traffic before the DWP crew arrived, said L.A. Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey. The break likely resulted because of the age of the pipe, said Hough. ``This line is 63 years old, but we also have some in other areas that are 80 and 90 years old,'' he said. The water main is installed about 5 feet below the street, he said. Saticoy and Haskell streets are typically busy during the morning commute but traffic was light Monday because of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Richard Cervantes, a senior water utility worker with the Department of Water and Power, peers into the sinkhole created when a water main broke early Monday morning at the intersection of Saticoy Street and Haskell Avenue in Van Nuys. Michael Owen
(2) DWP workers try to repair a water main after a 60-year-old connection failed Monday. Water service in the Van Nuys neighborhood was disrupted for hours. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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