Examples of water main in a Sentence
The water main burst and flooded the street.
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Milwaukee Water Works was dealing with numerous water main breaks across the city, in already this month, municipal workers had dealt with 50 similar cases, 130 water main breaks this winter in all.
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Nazaneen Ghaffar, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
The road had been limited to eastbound-only vehicular traffic during the water main replacement.
—Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
In early 2025, DPW completed the reinstallation of a new 84-inch water main — a vital piece of infrastructure that supplies drinking water to nearly 300,000 residents in eastern Baltimore City and Baltimore County.
—Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2025
Our population decline is a direct and indisputable contributor to potholes, water main breaks and poorly kept parks.
—Zac Blanchard, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2025
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Nazaneen Ghaffar, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
The road had been limited to eastbound-only vehicular traffic during the water main replacement.
—Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
In early 2025, DPW completed the reinstallation of a new 84-inch water main — a vital piece of infrastructure that supplies drinking water to nearly 300,000 residents in eastern Baltimore City and Baltimore County.
—Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2025
Our population decline is a direct and indisputable contributor to potholes, water main breaks and poorly kept parks.
—Zac Blanchard, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Water main.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20main. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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