[The Gazette]

Depressions drained water from Basins 3-2 and 3-9 this fall; one repair is already done and the other awaits approval Friday.

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[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by The Gazette

Depressions drained water from Basins 3-2 and 3-9 this fall; one repair is already done and the other awaits approval Friday.

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"The water loss also caused a 24-year-old, 48-inch metal stormwater pipe to collapse after it lost the water pressure that supported it, the report says."


Odd design.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by BrianL99

"The water loss also caused a 24-year-old, 48-inch metal stormwater pipe to collapse after it lost the water pressure that supported it, the report says."


Odd design.

I'm still trying to figure out what created pressure inside a stormwater pipe. If it was simply gravity-fed into the ponds then there was no pressure in the pipe at all.

Perhaps the loss of water revealed that the pipe had collapsed.

It would be even more suspicious if the sinkhole was adjacent to the collapsed pipe.

[Jayhawk]

Originally Posted by BrianL99

"The water loss also caused a 24-year-old, 48-inch metal stormwater pipe to collapse after it lost the water pressure that supported it, the report says."


Odd design.

Odd design that lasted a quarter of a century.