Examples of water main in a Sentence
The water main burst and flooded the street.
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The city is also replacing 5,000 feet of 20-inch water transmission line and 4,000 feet of 8-inch water main.
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Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 8 July 2025
Parks is completing a renovation of two of its gardens this spring, removed in 2022 as Greater Cincinnati Water Works installed an underground retaining wall to protect a water main.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
To replace the lines that connect the water main in the street to homes, workers usually must dig in the street and yard, and enter the home.
—Michael Phillis, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2025
Service lines are the pipe that runs from a water main to a house, and there is no lead anywhere in the water system except for those who have service lines made of lead, according to Bauer.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025
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Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 8 July 2025
Parks is completing a renovation of two of its gardens this spring, removed in 2022 as Greater Cincinnati Water Works installed an underground retaining wall to protect a water main.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
To replace the lines that connect the water main in the street to homes, workers usually must dig in the street and yard, and enter the home.
—Michael Phillis, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2025
Service lines are the pipe that runs from a water main to a house, and there is no lead anywhere in the water system except for those who have service lines made of lead, according to Bauer.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025
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“Water main.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20main. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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