Overview
- A 40‑centimeter line burst on Merkelstraße in Göttingen’s Ostviertel, sending a fountain through the asphalt and tearing up the roadway.
- The pipeline carries water from the Stegemühle works to the Schillerwiesen reservoir, and household connections were reported as unaffected aside from one flooded garage and cellar.
- Officials differed on temperature effects, with Hamm pointing to freeze–thaw stress on old pipes and Göttingen discounting recent warming as a cause.
- In Hamm‑Osten, a 100‑millimeter main from 1960 cracked, leaving roughly 60 households and nearby shops without water for several hours.
- Stadtwerke Hamm installed a shut‑off valve in place of the damaged piece to limit future outage areas and restored service by about 11:30 a.m.