Scores of homes and businesses were evacuated in Merseyside after a water main burst, sending a plume of water 40ft (12m) into the air.
Nationwide, 250, 000 water lines burst a year, or about one every two minutes, flooding and closing streets, interrupting water service, and requiring residents to boil water for safety, wrote New York Times reporter Charles Duhigg in a special series on water issues.
The fields flooded when the 68cm (27in) water main burst next to the Rushmere Road site.
Water was sent shooting high up in the air after a water main burst in "spectacular" style.
Sportsmen in Northampton are angry after their pitches flooded for a second time in two years after a water mains burst.
Scottish Water said burst pipes would be repaired "quickly and efficiently".
Television footage showed shattered windows in a nearby building and flooding from a burst water pipe.
This water bazooka blasts targets up to 35 feet away with a massive burst of water.
Many power and telephone lines are knocked out, while burst water mains have deluged whole districts.
About 100 residents had to be evacuated after the Water of Ruchill burst its banks.
Health Minister Michael McGimpsey has revealed that many healthcare facilities have been experiencing water shortages and burst pipes.
Six thousand homes across Northern Ireland are still without running water after pipes burst in the recent thaw.
These included reading meters more frequently, texting customers to update them with incidents and burst water mains, and reducing the time taken to carry out improvements and repairs.
But to that list must now be added events at The Oval on Thursday, when play was delayed 90 minutes by a burst water main - five miles away.
Part of a Powys town left without water after a mains burst has had its supply restored.
The village was also badly flooded in August, when the Water of Ruchill previously burst its banks.
About 6, 000 homes in Manchester were left without water after a main burst and caused a road to collapse.
Witnesses told the newspaper the situation was aggravated when bags of holy water by the gates burst in the confusion and created a dangerously slippery surface on the entrance slope.
High demand for water amid the heat wave and problems with soil shrinking as the ground warms has resulted in burst pipes and low water pressure in Oklahoma City, prompting officials to issue mandatory water-use restrictions for the first time in at least a decade, according to utilities department spokeswoman Debbie Ragan.
Part of a main road has collapsed in Surrey leaving a car submerged in water after a mains pipe burst.
In Worcestershire, the racecourse and cricket ground in the city centre were under water after the River Severn burst its banks.
The main that burst supplied drinking water to a large area of Northampton and could not be turned off for repairs as that would have affected too many people.
Contaminated water has been abstracted and treated from the mine since 1992 following an drainage burst which caused visible pollution from mine water coloured orange by the high iron content.
An Anglian Water spokeswoman apologised and said the burst should be fixed later this week.
Officers from Bala were called to a property where burst pipes had caused water to run on to electrics.
As well as moving any fallen trees from the river, the authority intends to clear the gravel bar at the bend in the Water of Ruchill, where it burst its banks, to reduce the pressure on the eroded bank.
This will significantly lower the water levels in Horsbere Brook, which burst its banks four years ago.
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In a statement Dwr Cymru Welsh Water said they were dealing with a burst on their wastewater network which has occurred close to Kinmel Bay Industrial Estate.
Then the bat detectors - which can be set to the frequency of pipistrelle, Daubenton's water bats and the impressive long eared bat - burst into life.
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