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EriK-The-Green t1_ixjpmq5 wrote

Yes unfortunately these companies can get away with not fixing their infrastructure 😵‍💫such as waste of resources

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MyRespectableAlt t1_ixjt0pe wrote

Until an entire neighborhood spontaneously catches on fire, that is.

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geffe71 t1_ixmd5yy wrote

You do realize it’s cheaper to triage and replace when scheduled than keep putting bandaids until then. Every time the street is opened up it costs money

No use opening up the street for a grade 3 when a Grade 2 or 2a takes precedent. Mose nuisance leaks are grade 3s anyway and are fixed according to migration area. Bigger migration area means it get priority over smaller migration area.

The leaks are getting fixed, but the higher priority ones are getting done first.

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agenz899 t1_ixmieae wrote

They were likely commenting on something that they have no knowledge the inner workings of. This explains why they triage and replace pretty well.

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geffe71 t1_ixmj3hl wrote

Honestly, if it’s 1890-1918 cast iron (which it usually is) disturbing the pipe to make a repair on something that only has reads in the street will probably cause another leak. The state is already holding the utilities feet to the fire on replacing cast iron and even more so after the state got its pee pee slapped by the feds after Merrimack Valley.

Monitoring less hazardous leaks instead of putting on a bandaid and opening a can of worms seems to be the more prudent option.

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strangestyear t1_ixm5r3y wrote

The trick is to call the non emergency line and report it whenever you smell it. I had FIVE leaks around my house and guess what… I happened to smell them every few hours, at 12 pm, 3pm, even midnight, so I let the utility know! On the first house call, ask them to tell you when they will fix it, and then you can stop letting them know that the leak is continuing. They have a lot of talking points and will try to enter your home to harass you even on the second and fifteenth call (“because the gas could migrate” — all the more reason to fix it!). DM me if you’d like responses to the talking points and would like to get the utility to fix their broken product spewing into public spaces…

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