Page 10 - Arkansas 811 Magazine 2017 Issue 3

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lmpurlant too’ Not only m yzaxs and you’vc got an exliauslud ,
Lhal, tlmy am pmlty erew befum I11: repair work enn be " ‘_, .-
mmmun Ask any water completed and rn mme en.-e. zvnn

opnratur and they'll tell you, they mrlea

happen at (In: lmsre.r Intznectlons and

at the want poaslble llme. Wm %“>'~ “E a PM)’ Wzms EMF _

of tulle.-. Most of them are more than

Mumllrlerwnler guys have had rnure pmlty erenlrve. Wllh lunirerl tuna. and ‘S — __
than Lhelr .lr.ne of repmnng walcr mam pers1.mnel,tlmy were requrreel lo figure ‘ l ~ .
break. m the coldnal pan of wrnler out how to malmaln then .-yslern. .9

where rlre warmest plnee to .-lunel wr1~' that whcn emergencies occurmd, they I

rn Lhc dllth full of water |ry|ng to put could focus an Ihl: break and not are ~ , I

a clamp on Lhe plpc. Many tlmna, they flaws rn Lhelr .y.lem. v 7V .
couldrflcvcnslow Lhewalerduwn H _ 1 I _ h I J‘ ' —'
bncause Lhey were unable Io find the ““ ‘“ W ‘" °“° “"5, W" °’

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. \utuff \ alve ur Ch: valve n a. frozen
0 En our syslcm can be (112 re.ull of agmg
P prpe or rlnrnuge. enu.erl by cxcavallun '

In aumc ui Ihl: larger mumclpalllics, Elihu way ms Important that we mpmz

it may be ntceasazy to Jim several the break a. qulck n. ls posalblc.”

vnlve. to ~low Lhc volume of watnr lo a of mum ‘hm mm“ findmg an the

ruptured p|pc. IIt.1kl:~r1ppxuxlm2|lely VI _ h_ Vt h h ‘ V
25 turns to close an eight-Inch gale “‘ "°’ ‘" ‘if: “ "“ ’ 4~
valve MultlplyIhatby15 ur20vr1lvcs' °“5‘°'"5 Pm“ “ ° '"‘°" “ V
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