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News Briefs: New Zealand City Looks for Leaks Created By Earthquake Damage

In this week’s news briefs, Wellington, New Zealand’s capital, is losing 400,000 gallons of water daily because of leaks created by an earthquake late last year, and a trench collapse traps a worker in Omaha, Nebraska, but rescue crews are fortunately able to save him.
  • By Kyle Rogers
  • March 16, 2017

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News Briefs: New Zealand City Looks for Leaks Created By Earthquake Damage

New Zealand’s capital city is losing up to 400,000 gallons of water a day because of damage to pipes stemming from a large earthquake in November.

According to a report by radio station RNZ, the amount of water being taken daily out of Wellington’s system has risen by nearly...

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