Overview
- In Göttingen’s Ostviertel, a 40-centimeter Stadtwerke transmission line on Merkelstraße burst just before 10 a.m., sending water through the asphalt and ripping up the roadway.
- The pipeline carries water from the Stegemühle works to a reservoir at Schillerwiesen, house connections were reported unaffected, and one nearby garage and cellar briefly took on water that was vacuumed out.
- Crews shut the line at two points, called in a civil engineering firm, and expect to replace about six to seven meters of pipe with street restoration projected to take around ten working days.
- In Hamm-Osten, a 100-millimeter supply line from 1960 cracked near Marderweg, leaving roughly 60 households and nearby businesses without water for several hours.
- Stadtwerke Hamm removed the damaged segment, installed a new shut-off valve, flushed the network, and restored service by about 11:30 a.m., while officials cited freeze–thaw stress there and Göttingen staff downplayed temperature as a factor.