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Cliff Rose resident Rita Wuehrmann explains the route of the water that ran down Marvin Gardens Lane during a major water main break in December 2018. The City of Prescott has had to deal with many broken water mains, some due to use of PVC in their construction. (Cindy Barks/Courier, file)

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Prescott eliminates use of PVC pipe for water mains
City and industry present ‘united front’ on the change

After years of discussion and multiple costly water breaks, the City of Prescott has opted to eliminate PVC pipe as a material for new water mains.

By Cindy Barks February 24, 2021
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Waterline breaks plague Cliff Rose neighborhood
City says claims for damages must prove ‘negligence’

In the middle of the night a few days after Christmas, residents of a quiet neighborhood in Cliff Rose had an unwelcome visitor: a surge of more than a quarter-million gallons of water rushing down their street.

By Cindy Barks April 9, 2019