Water infrastructure buckles under urban pressure

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Three major water mains have bursted across the Los Angeles region in the last two months. One flooded UCLA's campus in July and destroyed more than 300 cars in a parking garage. Another shut down West Hollywood's Sunset Strip in late September. Still, the ramifications of smaller more common breaks across the cities 7,000-foot network of pipes may be more menacing in the future.