Winter storm reveals damage to city’s aging infrastructure, pipes

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The two weeks of the winter storm’s freezing and thawing had a greater impact on the city of Memphis than expected.

MLGW says this kind of damage is something they work to prevent, but with many pipes more than 100 years old, extreme weather made breaks almost inevitable.

Beneath the downtown pavement, aging infrastructure finally cracked under pressure…

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