Pipe break causes damage at Eagleton courthouse - costing millions

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http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Pipe-break-causes-damage-at-Eagleton-courthouse-128335398.html


A broken pipe flooded courtrooms and offices and damaged computers and other high-tech equipment at the Thomas Eagleton U.S. Courthouse in St. Louis on Wednesday, forcing some court hearings to be rescheduled and potentially costing millions of dollars to repair.

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The courthouse, completed in 2000, is named after longtime U.S. Sen. Thomas Eagleton, a St. Louis Democrat who died in 2007. At 557 feet tall, it is the nation's tallest courthouse.
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and

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/efe247b0-ce52-11e0-8b3e-0019bb30f31a.html


Broken main leaks 215,000 gallons of sewage into creek in Creve Coeur


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About 215,000 gallons of sewage spilled into Smith Creek after an eight-inch sewer main broke near the first block of Chamblee Lane in Creve Coeur, according to the Metropolitan Sewer District.

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It appears that the source of the leak was tree root that may have gotten into or under the pipe, LeComb said.

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yuck

[benld74]

1. Oh and the local Fox station is saying the Courthouse bill will be payed for by taxpayers

[Zoeisright]

2. That's what happens when infrastructure needs are ignored.

This story, times a million, is going to become very common.

[Xithras]

3. The courthouse is only 11 years old.

I don't think it's a problem with ignored infrastructure needs.