Fort Lauderdale's water and sewer pipes still busting despite $570 million system upgrade

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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fort-lauderdale/fl-water-pipes-20111010,0,5490205.story?track=rss


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Despite the recent completion of a $570 million project to upgrade the city's water and sewer system, last week's water main break was similar to other incidents that made headlines in Fort Lauderdale this year.

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But as new pipes are laid down at a record pace — and cities raise our utilities bills to pay for them — officials acknowledge they can't move fast enough to replace all of the region's aging infrastructure, some of which dates back to the 1940s.

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Fort Lauderdale plans to continue upgrading pipes at a rate of five miles per year, said Albert Carbon, Fort Lauderdale's public works director.

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money, money, money

[CreekDog]

1. were you expecting an old pipe to not break because new pipes were put in elsewhere?

your post seems pretty divorced from reality.

the old pipe broke, the pipe from the 1970's.

[RockaFowler]

2. This is an ongoing problem in Florida

We have an aging sewer system that is being eaten away by salt water intrusion and well poor planning. Everyone thought these pipes would live forever. Come on. This system, our roads, our bridges are all failing because we just didn't take the time to repair problems and update systems.

[xchrom]

3. Crisis management. The old pipes are going to break. Nt

edit: change popes to pipes -- though old popes will break too.