Rainbow Water District loses major pipeline

FALLBROOK – In the early hours of Tuesday morning, Dec. 8, system operators for the Rainbow Municipal Water District noticed a large spike in the volume of water flowing through their pipelines. “That is never a good sign,” commented Juan Atilano, a superintendent for the district, “you don’t expect to see such drastic increases in flow, particularly right after a heavy rain.” Emergency crews were quickly dispatched to search for a leak, a task that was made more difficult by the recent heavy rainfall and the shutdown of major water importation pipelines.

Rainbow’s general manager, Dave Seymou...