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Hospital’s water loss offers insight for disaster prep

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October 1, 2008

It wasn’t a natural disaster that threatened St. Mary’s Hospital of Waterbury, CT, in June. In fact, it was downright man-made—unless you consider the gradual weakening of an ancient 4-inch water main from rust and corrosion to be the natural course of events.

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