From the LVRJ: A section of Valley View Boulevard remained closed this morning to all but one lane of northbound traffic as a result of a water main break on Wednesday that was apparently self-inflicted.
A crew taking soil samples for the Southern Nevada Water Authority ruptured the 84-inch water pipe that runs about seven feet beneath Valley View between Spring Mountain Road and Twain Avenue, said authority spokesman Roger Buehrer...
Certain corrosive soils will attack the integrity of the pipe, so we sample all the time," Buehrer explained.
In this case, the workers apparently did what they were supposed to -- they called before they dug -- but exact location of the underground pipe was marked incorrectly, he said.
http://www.lvrj.com/news/section-of-valley-view-still-closed-after-water-main-break-113617939.html
This is the same agency that burned down a bunch of buildings and trees this summer by Moapa. http://lasvegasbadger.blogspot.com/2010/07/moapa-fire-whats-going-on.html
This is also the same agency that is having huge problems at Lake Mead, trying to build a tunnel to bring more water to the Valley: http://lasvegasbadger.blogspot.com/2010/07/bad-week-for-southern-nevada-water.html
Sounds like there are some very incompetent working for the Southern Nevada Authority. Very incompetent people.
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