Flash flooding causes major damage to the Grand Canyon’s critical water pipeline
The sole pipeline that supplies water for millions of Grand Canyon visitors was badly damaged by weekend flash flooding, setting up a tricky repair scenario and upending a yearslong construction project to upgrade the line.
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‘We anticipate miles of the pipeline being destroyed’: Roughly 40% of the Grand Canyon’s critical infrastructure damaged from flash floods
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