Bitter cold triggers water main breaks throughout region

The Brief

  • WSSC Water has dealt with nearly 300 water main breaks or leaks since November 26.
  • That’s in part because the temperature of the Potomac River has dropped about 17 degrees during that stretch.
  • WSSC Water repairs roughly 1800 breaks or leaks in a typical year.

WASHINGTON It’s not just people who are tired of the cold. The region’s aging infrastructure is too.

What we know:

A water main break Monday in the 4200 block of Elizabeth Street in Rockville was merely the latest.

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