How to Use water main in a Sentence

water main

noun
  • The water main burst and flooded the street.
  • Bagley said this is the third water main break in the past four days.
    BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The pool had been closed because of a water main break.
    Alison Dirr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2019
  • It was forced to close for half of the 2019 season due to a large water main break.
    Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Oct. 2020
  • This is the most recent water main break to occur in the area over the past few days.
    Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2022
  • When a water main breaks or a bridge crumbles, the city is held back.
    Carl Swanson, Curbed, 19 July 2021
  • The water main break occurred in the two eastbound lanes on the south side of Highland Road.
    cleveland, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Over the past month, there have also been three water main breaks.
    Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Mulcahy said the goal is to start construction of the water main next year.
    Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 3 Aug. 2023
  • At each site, a worker breaks ground by the curb and digs straight down near the water main beneath the street.
    Kevin Armstrong, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2021
  • And that was before a water main break forced them to relocate in the middle of the night.
    Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2023
  • As a result, the city is starting to see more water main breaks.
    Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com, 14 Oct. 2021
  • About a month ago, a water main near his parents' home burst.
    Pien Huang, NPR, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Crew members repaired the water main overnight and recharged the systems.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 29 May 2023
  • Those who weren’t killed were drowned when a burst water main flooded the wreckage.
    Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Up to 80 water main breaks were reported between the time the storm hit and March 1.
    Sarah Haselhorst, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2021
  • The break of the 42-inch Dorsh Road water main is on a main not used for direct service to customers.
    cleveland, 5 July 2020
  • Many homes still have privately owned lead pipes that connect to the water main in the street.
    Eric Roper, Star Tribune, 9 Oct. 2020
  • Officials at the time suspected the mound was due to a water main break.
    Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Officials said part of the road had been closed off while a work crew repaired a water main break in the area.
    Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2021
  • To the left of the centrifuge is a trio of fiberglass/epoxy tanks that used to be part of Seaside’s water main system.
    Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 13 Feb. 2021
  • The victim was part of a work crew replacing a water main.
    Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Video from the scene showed three water main breaks occur in the area within a two-hour time span Monday.
    Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2022
  • When the water main burst last Friday, officials had to divert water to the west side of the base.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The water main is being replaced from roughly Ohio Street to Edgewood Drive, in both the 2nd and 7th wards.
    Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Lead pipes were often used to connect homes to the water main before they were banned in 1986.
    Mira Cheng, CNN, 19 Mar. 2024
  • An eight-inch water main break caused a sinkhole and blocked traffic in north Phoenix.
    Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Sand and rocks covered the pavement, which cracked and warped when the water main broke Saturday.
    John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2022
  • That translates into about 1,400 miles of water main pipes throughout the city.
    Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 23 Aug. 2023
  • There is a lot that election officials cannot control water main breaks, someplace runs out of ballots.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024

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