Boiling drinking water here in Eastern MA.

[virgogal]

http://www.boston.com/

[SpiralHawk]

1. Another BIG Honking structural catastrophe

from the link:

A major pipe bringing water to the Boston area has sprung a "catastrophic" leak and is dumping eight million gallons of water per hour into the Charles River. Because of the break, a boil water is being issued for Boston and 37 other communities, the MWRA said.

[virgogal]

2. Just finished my boiling and removed the bathroom glasses so

I won't inadvertently brush my teeth in the tap water.

It never ends. Always somethin'.

[xchrom]

3. Those 'third world' predictions keep

Coming closer and closer.

[MadMaddie]

4. How old is the water infrastructure? Anyone know?

[Tesha]

5. The piece that broke is six or seven years old.

It's at an attachment that's something more like 40 years old.

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/mostpopular/23337764/detail.html

...

"It's a very substantial break in a very large pipe," Lasky said, advising residents
in the affected communities to conserve water and avoid unnecessary activities
such as car washing and lawn watering.

Lasky said the custom-made steel water main is only six or seven years old and
it was not immediately clear what caused it to rupture sometime between 10 a.m.
and 11 a.m. on Saturday.

He said officials would likely not have an estimate on how or when it will be
possible to repair the leak until Sunday morning at the earliest. "It's not as if
there's (a pipe) that we can go pick up and replace it," Lasky said.

...

Tesha