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Dec 18, 2010

Why So Many Water Main Breaks?

Water main break in Mount Pleasant. Photo by Martin Austermuhle. The last few weeks it seems like D.C. and the surrounding areas have been riddled with water main breaks that snarl traffic and leave area residents without water. It’s not your imagination either, there have been more water main breaks in the past month or so. In fact Washington Suburban Sanitation Commission, which serves residents in Prince George’s and Montgomery counties in Maryland, has…

Sep 30, 2010

Rain, Suspicious Package Causing Problems

There are quite a few issues to update you on this morning as a result of the inclement weather, a clogged catch basin and a suspicious package.

 
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