Water outages due to the collapse of a water bridge in Wakayama City continued for about 60,000 households on the 6th, the 4th day after the outbreak.
The city will start emergency restoration work to install a temporary water pipe on the bridge of the nearby prefectural road from the 6th, aiming to eliminate the water outage on the 9th of this month.
On the 3rd of this month, a part of the aqueduct bridge over the "Kinokawa" in Wakayama City collapsed, and in the northern part of the city, about 60,000 households, which is close to 40% of the city, are still out of water. ..
As an emergency restoration method, Wakayama City plans to install a temporary water pipe on the prefectural road bridge that runs parallel to the east side of the water pipe bridge and circulate the water supply route, and the construction is scheduled to start at 10 am on the 6th. is.
The construction will be carried out with the bridge on the prefectural road of about 475 meters closed, and about 100 water pipes with a length of 6 meters and a diameter of 70 cm will be connected to create a water supply route on the road.
Construction will proceed 24 hours a day, and from midnight on the 8th, we will resume water supply to houses that are out of water, and we plan to eliminate the water outage in the entire area in the early morning of the 9th of this month.
On the other hand, it is expected that it will take a considerable amount of time to restore the collapsed water pipe bridge itself, and until then, the prefectural road bridge will continue to be closed, so the impact on the lives of residents is expected to be prolonged.