Outages
An overview of what commonly breaks or stops working in water systems when power fails, temperatures drop, or dry spells set in.
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Failures During Outages, Freezes, and Droughts
I’ll admit something first, because it cost me a winter. Years ago, when the first hard freeze came early, I left a garden hose screwed onto the frost-free bib by the barn and forgot it. The valve body split inside the wall, quiet as you like, and I didn’t find it until the thaw, when…