FAULT IN WATER MAIN
T'llty thousand gallons of water have escaped during the past month through a hole no larger than a pinhead in a llin. main in the Mangerc ruling. Auckland, according to a. report presented by the acting-engineer oi the Manukau County Council'. The act that such a. huge volume' ot water escaped through such a small aperture was due, the- report stall'd, mo , <r rJ l em< ’ < l °mi pressure in the pipe. Ihe ac'ting-c'ng,neer said that tlu pipe a galvanised iron one, had corroded through the process of electrolysis caused by electric currents diff: i+ g T'°und. The fault had been cuffic-ult to detect, as there- was a field drain nearby into which the csc aping water liacl run.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13643, 30 August 1937, Page 3
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123FAULT IN WATER MAIN Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13643, 30 August 1937, Page 3
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