Fixing underground water pipes usually means digging up roads and sidewalks — a process that's disruptive and expensive. However, researchers at the University of Sheffield in the U.K. are working on ...

When left unaddressed, frozen pipes can quickly become serious (and costly) problems. To deal with them promptly, it's important to know what to look out for.

Winter's frigid air can bring with it potential plumbing problems, including frozen pipes. Water expands when it freezes, so if you don't take precautions, pipes can burst. Frigid morning showers, ...

The approximately 8-inch crack, as is common with the 1946 transmission line, was caused by a failed longitudinal weld between two sections of the 30-inch diameter section of pipe, said Tyler Johnson, ...