The water bridge collapsed in Wakayama City, and the water outage that continues for about 60,000 households will be the sixth day.
The city's emergency restoration work is scheduled to be completed on the 8th, and the water outage is expected to be resolved in the entire area in the early morning of the 9th.
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. increase.
Wakayama City is carrying out emergency restoration work to circulate the water supply route by installing a temporary water pipe on the prefectural road bridge that runs parallel to the east side of the water pipe bridge from the 6th to 24 hours.
The construction has already completed most of the water pipes and is scheduled to be completed on the 8th, as originally planned.
If the work goes smoothly as it is, it is expected that the water supply to the houses that are out of water will be resumed from midnight on the 8th, and the water outage will be resolved in the whole area in the early morning of the 9th.
On the other hand, as a result of investigating the part of the water pipe bridge that survived the collapse of the water pipe bridge, it was confirmed that a total of four breaks were found in the member called "hanging material" that hangs the water pipe.
On the 7th, a bridge expert visited the site to investigate the relationship between these breaks and collapses, and confirmed the corrosion status of the bridge from the inspection passages above the water pipe bridge.
The city will investigate the cause of the collapse of the bridge while listening to the opinions of experts.