CBS4 Investigates: Miami’s Pipes Going Down The Drain

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http://miami.cbslocal.com/2011/11/16/cbs4-investigates-miamis-pipes-going-down-the-drain/


Again and again, we hear of a water main break or sewage problem somewhere in South Florida.

CBS4 Investigator Stephen Stock discovered the cause behind all these problems is an aging system of pipes that will take more than $1,000,000,000 to fix.

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Tracking these breaks during the last six months CBS4 Investigates discovered an average of two breaks a week in either a sewer or water line somewhere in South Florida.

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CBS4 Investigates discovered that out of 13,000 miles of water and sewer pipes located in Miami-Dade County more than half are more than fifty-years-old and in need of repair or replacing.

Fifty years may not sound old, but experts say because of South Florida’s salt water and environment almost all of that aging, cracking, eroding and crumbling pipe needs to be replaced.

Soon.
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$1,000,000,000 !!

maybe they could get a loan from the pentagon

[animato]

1. ugh. Plus Miami water tastes like ___ !

nt

[SheilaT]

2. While this may well be an exceptionally

egregious example, the infrastructure of this country is crumbling everywhere.