Page 20 - Alabama 811 Magazine 2018 Issue 4

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he human body I~, according underground plpes to the bullahngs lanes are usually gravlty hues anrl slnpe
lowiklpndm, about 60% water. wlaereursneerleal. oneeuhasserueal downward from Ihcbullding rhegas
we cannot hye wltlmul waler us purpose, same (lf not mn~t) of the leaks, seeles the path of leasl reslslanee
But (no mueh walsr |n the uraler wlll leaue lhe prerruses Lhmugh and nses Io Lhu bulldmg. If the gas

wrong placn ean be a very bad thing undexgmund sewer pipes very rew pressure rs sumerenl to eseape [mm (112
Last year u was hurneane l-laruey mumclpal waler p|pc~ and very rew sewer ~'y~l£m (e g., hubhle through a
Thl~ year u was (and snll rs as l wnm sewer plpes are well marked, anrl ”[”’ trap) anrl lhe gas reaehes a wuxce
Lhrs) hurneane Flnrenee It seems as many are nan-mzlalllc Tlus makes of Ignlllun, an sxplmion will likely
though Lhous-anal-year flood L‘vcnl~ are ueeur.

happenlngfarmum often. Acouplcof N w _ >2 _ 1 y ,, ‘ V Y _
puInL~'mgard|ngflond~ Moving ll § :e= :_g;; 2;: :1 53¢ T1“ "C;f~'~fW7*'» 51' °‘ §f= '°~“"~
is POWERFUL11 Ifwallzrismuvlng _ ‘ ‘fl’ °“°l“”‘“ “j’“° “““‘*'
aerassaraarl, do NOT dnvc through It 1; ; is; ad “:h° *2 lCl~“€XlPdf~*°'f~l\f;= .
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lram, lhl: tram wlll cru~11you! veluele . , L Bottom hne: waler safely rs a LOT
evezyume. Do not let moving waler ; y} 1,3’ M ,1 3.) more Lhanmslwnrryrngahuulusrnga
turn your ear Into a submannell ’“ ‘ " hf: ,aeleel and learnrug to swrm

The reeuyery enurl. forFlorence Be aware of our surmundm s and,
have already begun we are sermhng abuue all, BEYSAFEIV Q E
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areas well That ~ald, It .saLoTor de"emDml§l'uFl’h“ u§~DD) H [mm M"!/MP1’1’F""d/’°W"HM5A
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What else ls Lhere to worry about aPPM‘=m- “'9 ~““"l|°“ b<‘<°'“°5 ,3
wuh respect to walerz lmrs potable errueal when the gas lrne eauses a ;

(dnnkablz) water, It has to rneel (lag m the sewer line anrl a plumber
punty slarmlards. lu urban areas, removes the elog, Ihemby damaging the
mmlpolable walerlrayelslhruugh gaslrne. casrslrghlerlhanarr. sewer

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