| Comments | Montreal QC, August 12, 2002. Montreal's worst ever water main break affected several sections of the city. The city's waterworks system that stretches 2700 km in total has some sections that are over 100 years old. Approximately 10 million gallons of water were lost before the water was turned off. In the St. Michel area, 1300 homes were affected by flooding and interruption in hydro services. Twenty-two thousand homes in the Rivière des Prairies and Montreal East areas did not have water, and 40 homes were deemed uninhabitable due to severe water damage. |