Wakayama Preventing water interruption but avoiding aging water pipes

Wakayama Preventing water outage but avoiding aging water pipes

The city of Wakayama had announced that a wide range of water outages would be implemented over the three days starting on the night of the 19th to repair the water pipes, but the water outage was avoided as a result. Because the water leaked from an old water pipe that had passed its useful life this time, the city hopes to strengthen measures for aging water pipes in the future.

Wakayama City had announced that about 35,000 homes would be shut down for three days starting at 10:00 a.m. on the 19th to repair the water pipes underground on the national highway. However, when the construction was actually carried out, the leak was caused by a thin water pipe with a diameter of 15 cm rather than the thick trunk line that was assumed, the lid came off and the water leaked, and as a result of repairing immediately, You no longer need to cut off the water.

Mayor Obana met after the meeting on the morning of the 20th, and apologized, "It has confused the residents and has had a significant impact on economic activities, such as closing down stores. I'm sorry for the inconvenience."

According to the city, the water pipe that leaked water was buried around 1962, and its service life of 40 years as stipulated by law was nearly 20 years. Water pipes that have exceeded their useful life account for about 17% of the entire city of Wakayama, and the city intends to prioritize and renew the water pipes in order to strengthen measures for aging water pipes in the future.

On the other hand, tap water remained muddy in some parts of the city, but the drainage work on the water so far was over. End at 8:00 pm on the 20th.

Over 2100 inquiries to the city

In Wakayama City, we set up a consultation telephone regarding water cutoff and responded, but it was said that there were more than 2,100 inquiries over the four days from 16 to 19 this month when we announced the plan for water cutoff.

Looking at the breakdown, there were about 1600 complaints and inquiries about whether or not your home was in the target area, about 400 inquiries about the time of water cut, and about 20 inquiries as to whether there is compensation for suspension of work due to water cut. It means that there was a case.