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Multiple homes flooded after water pipe bursts in southern Sydney
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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11/8/2024
Crews have isolated a mains water pipe which burst in Sydney’s south but not before a massive amount of water gushed from the 1.5 metre pipeline in Como causing flooding and damage to nearby properties.
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Residents in Como this afternoon received an unwelcome shower when a major pipeline
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burst its seal just after 2pm this afternoon.
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Several homes were damaged by the extreme flows of water that were coming out of the
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pipe.
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Aerial footage captures the water bursting through fences and even through windows into
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people's properties.
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When we arrived on scene here we spoke with a number of locals and here's what they had
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to say about that water coming into their homes.
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Yeah it was a big jet of water and just our house in between sort of thing so a bit unfortunate
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but that's what happens.
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We're only just talking about water pipes in Como and what would happen if one burst
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a few days ago, sort of thinking of worst case scenario and now we've seen a little
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bit of the might of that water flushing up there thinking it would go downhill and no
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worries we live up a hill, apparently that doesn't save you.
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Most of the back half of the house I think will have a fair bit of water damage, a couple
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of bedrooms out the back, it's all carpeted and fibro, gyprock on the walls and paint
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and all our beds under the window, there's beds on the other side so I don't think we'll
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be sleeping here tonight, put it that way.
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It's not the first time there's been an issue with this pipeline, network technicians for
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Sydney Water were out assessing this pipe behind me when it burst its seal so locals
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around this area say that it is an ageing infrastructure, the water in this region
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and when we spoke to them they said that many of them may have to spend the night away from
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their homes as things dry out here.
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Sydney Water put out a statement in the afternoon and said that their technicians had been able
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to re-divert the main pipe water and they're working to resolve the issue.
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