KGO ABC7 News 600PM July 31, 2014
Damaging homes, last month, broke during pressure testing. A spokesman for the Public Utilities Commission Says some date back to 1920s. Any sort of shock causes separation on the break. Crews have a big job, the bay tunnel project. Tunnels replacing this old leaky pipe that has already dumped up to 65 million gallons into the bay. You never want to have a leak during a drought. In this case were waiting for a bigger fix. Yesterday, water raged for three hours, he says there is no off switch. You cant close it out. You get a water hammer affect. Its you snap off the water, causing shock waves ...