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Standard depth for water mains was 4’. Deeper than that was called over depth and the contractor charged more so every attempt was made to be at 4’. Gas was supposed to be min 3’ along with electric and telephone. Cable was notorious for being more shallow. Even at 4’ water mains here are subject to the impacts of the freeze thaw cycle. Most main breaks were between Nov-Mar due to the heaving of the soil. Part of what we did was replacing the older mains that became more prone to breaks from cold weather.

Woooo soaker day!

I think its part of the annual replacement program. If a new tower is built then added pressures will blow out old pipes. And yes, those are original pipes so those go back to the 1950-60s. We always tried to work with VDOT to find out what roads they planned to pave in any given year and get in beforehand. Makes zero sense to have them pave, we come in and tear things up and have to pave it ourselves. Didn't work perfectly all the time but when it did its a beautiful thing. Enjoy a new water main!!

Ah my old job. Surveying for replacing old water mains that break all the time. Or is this a bigger main to go along with some new water tank deal? I know they were doing a bunch of stuff to bolster up the pressures and stagnant water issues right when I left. The process in which this all works is so fun.

.55” but I think I lost some precip. Gauge was clogged and had to mess with the Davis Pro to clean it out I’ll take any rain I can get tho

87° rooting for 90°

It’s not dry everywhere but I have patches that are turning brown and crispy to walk on

My grass is already brown and crunchy like August

Only 37 here

That was pathetic for rain all weekend

And now that the Caps dismal season is done I really hope Lavs isn’t brought back. We need a new coach willing to play younger players

The only place the team should be is in DC. All the magic left the team when they moved

I absolutely HATED that part of the water bills. You have no idea how many times I had to explain that to customers. That and how they thought tax dollars went to pay for us. Nope. You flushy, you pay. You brushy teethy, you pay. You need to have greenest grassy, you pay. We are like the cable bill. But not as assholish.

^these posts brought to you by your lone water lobby person called: me

This here. I can 100% tell y'all that when spring and summer hit the main drain on the systems are lawn watering that runs for hours. Most water tanks basically get dragged down starting at 5am. Water utilities basically spend all day keeping pace with demand and never refilling those tanks until 11pm when people start to go to bed. The entire night is spent refilling tanks for the start of the next day's demands. I hate sprinkler systems I'm sure there will be plans to expand treatment plants again soon due to ever increasing demands. The fact that it costs what it does for water is amazing. And remember its NEVER water that costs as much on your bill. 75% of a water bill can be from the sewage charge which is based on water consumption which is another reason not to water lawns.

Well speaking from what my former profession was, when abnormally dry conditions hit in the winter and spring there is a growing concern because that is when municipalities stockpile water. The reason they want natural help is because aquifers stay good and reservoirs are good to go for summer. When spring and summer hit thats when demands jump and thats typically our dry seasons(late summer). And if groundwater levels fall too much then what happens is when waters are released from reservoirs the ground along they way soaks it up before it gets to where it needs to be. So early dry isn't great from a long term perspective. So yeah, i don't like drought conditions to come about mainly because it take a long, long, long, long time of surplus rains to get things back to square. Heavy dumping rains don't do that well. Constant steady rains over a prolonged period do.

89.2 is my high today

32. Frosty again

Got down to 33 with a ton of frost

Happy Easter!

30° different this morning from my high of 87

i've initiated my chasing from the sofa with booze.

87 for my high. Back to back U80s.

My dream to chase recklessly, zero meter a TOR, get rolled and arrogantly brag has been destroyed. So I’m just gonna sofa chase any storms today.