Is Frozen Pipe Season Behind Us?

Grappling with record-breaking cold, it was a busy winter for municipalities faced with freeze ups.
Is Frozen Pipe Season Behind Us?
A Nashville Metro Water crew works to repair a broken water main. The city notices an increase in problems when the water's source, the Cumberland River, drops below 40 degrees. (credit: Dipti Vaidya, Metro Nashville and Davidson County photographer)

When temperatures plunge below zero each winter, the City of Rhinelander (Wisconsin) Public Works Department is prepared. Officials know calls are coming from customers to help with frozen pipes and that the city’s own water and sewer lines may also need to be thawed out.

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