Sentence examples for main breaks from inspiring English sources

Officials in Napa said in a statement that the quake - believed to be the biggest in the region in 25 years - had destroyed four mobile homes and made 16 buildings "uninhabitable", as well as causing "approximately 50" gas main breaks and around 30 leaks from water mains.

When a water main breaks, we're one of the first services the city calls.

"Age is not a major factor in water main breaks," Mr. Ryan said.

She said that an estimated 550 water main breaks take place each year throughout the city.

Morning, noon and late afternoon they could be found at Rincon's main breaks.

Our main breaks have come from a write up in the Life and Style section of the Guardian online.

Verizon, with one of its central hubs near the site, sustained significant damage from water main breaks and fire.

Ms. Worters, the Insurance Information Institute spokeswoman, said some policies do cover claims from water main breaks.

"Sometimes water main breaks occur because of traffic, because of old pipes; sometimes a new type will fail," she said.

However, he said, the project is necessary to avoid water main breaks like the one that flooded the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel nearly seven years ago.

For months, residents of this Rust Belt city have complained of intermittent brown water, of main breaks, and concerns about high lead levels.