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We recently had a water main break repaired because we noticed seeping water coming up from out lawn. The repair occurred the day before yesterday. All water was turned back on. Yesterday upon going out the throw out my trash, I noticed that in the area where the repair was is mostly dry, however there is an area of the soil that appears to be moist. I felt the soil and it definitely is moist. I further noticed that when pushing down on the soil with my hand, the soil started to sink in slightly. Could this mean that the repair might have been unsuccessful and the water main break is still leaking?

This picture is from a week after the water main break repair was made:

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isherwood
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The disrupted soil often dries faster than the surrounding area, but keep an eye on it. If you know where the line runs, and you're sure the damp spot is over top of the line, keep two eyes on it.

If the line has lots of joints, and a leaking joint was repaired without replacing the whole line, its possible another joint failed or was missed because the larger leak drew attention. Remember the whole thing was installed at once, so the pipe and joints are the same age and may start to fail for the same reason -- the better the original work, the more likely this will happen.

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