the head is larger, so it breaks away the old pipe and allows the new pipe to come in behind it. griffin: we are saving about 67% of the cost of actually digging old pipe up. clyne: it's less invasive than an open-cut process, where you would open the whole trench up and replace the pipe. it's called "trenchless" technology, so... that's as good as it gets. griffin: we don't have to dig up everyone's yard, and we refurbish that pipe at a much-reduced cost. another technique, the cured-in-place lining. it's equivalent to putting a large sock through the existing sewer. we form a new pipe inside the old pipe, and therefore we seal up all of the defects that allow rainwater to come in. hunter: we repair about 730 leaks a month in our system. griffin: the improvements that we've made will make the environment better. we had approximately 1,000 overflows occur in 1999. today, we've reduced overflows by 45% to 50%. and it's going to continue to improve as we go forward with the rehabilitation program that's required under the consent decree. narrator: an important piece of the program

because we really wanted to go to the half-pipe.de me realize that the fastest way to do something is to do it right the first time. well, you sure got it right this time. what do you say i take you over to the half-pipe and show you a few radical tricks my brother taught me. yeah! awesome! totally! yee-haw! okay, chuck, now that you've picked up enough speed, try to lift off at the lip and swivel around. here...we...go! yeah! red-hot turbochargers! i did it! nice job, chuck! okay, who wants to learn how to ride goofy-style? [ chuckles ] i do! i do! come on! me, me, me! wait, wait. not me. why not, digger? i'm goofy enough as it is. [ laughter ] you're funny. ♪ give me a mountain to climb ♪ ♪ rescue heroes ♪ ♪ rescue heroes ♪ ♪ rescue heroes ♪ ♪ rescue heroes >> man: global response team. ♪ (grunting) (gasping) >> help! >> i've got a visual on that sailor. >> we've gotta hurry. there's not much time. the cyclone's a mile away at best. >> help! >> gil: a little closer, mo. that it. (grunting) the wind's too strong for him to get the

and in some cases, some of the same pipes. grusheski: philadelphia was the first american city to develop a water system and to take on as a municipal responsibility water delivery to all of its citizens. when william penn laid out the city, he actually chose a spot of land that had a lot of groundwater. however, by 1730, 30,000 people lived within the first seven blocks of philadelphia, next to the delaware river. well, 30,000 people caused filth in the city and polluted their water sources. the groundwater was not potable. and in one year, 1/6 of the population died of yellow fever. now, they didn't know at the time that yellow fever was carried by mosquitoes. but the health issue was major in that first movement to build a water system. narrator: so they set out to find the cleanest source of water. although the majority of philadelphia's water now comes from the delaware river, early engineers found that development along the waterfront was causing pollution. so their search led them to the nearby schuylkill river. philade

apparently, a 12-inch pipe burst. take a look behind me. this water main break shut off water to 2,200 residents. woman: how many breaks are you working on right now? we have 24 breaks working right now. man: in our company, washington suburban sanitary commission, we had 479 water main breaks in february -- the most ever, for any february. man: this 10-inch water main in willard park is 73 years old. man: at wssc, we're having a year of record -- a ramp up slope of water main breaks that soon is going to reach exponential. man: the damage has been done. and this is the culprit. brunhart: today, 25% of our 5,500 miles of underground water pipes has reached the end of useful life. by the year 2020, 85% will have reached the end of useful life. woman: what to do? wssc is working on that costly problem right now. brunhart: it's not only true here, but it's true throughout our nation. narrator: across the united states, cities and towns are facing the challenge of aging and outdated drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure. it'

is there anything out there where you say we're going to need big pipes for that? >> you know, frankly, i think most of the applications that we see today -- >> already. >> we see today, i think we're just scratching the surface. when we talk about a gigabyte per second and some people roll their eyes on why do we need that? i think fundamentally we could potentially get there in the next three to five years. omid tahernia, thank you. >>> the growing market for second-hand haute couture when "press:here" continues. >>> welcome back to "press:here." it was not that long ago if you wanted to sell something out of your closet, you'd turn to ebay. how pedestrian. >> reporter: selling second hand has gone upscale, chic even. a growing number of startups are helping women sell their used clothing, designer bags, and expensive shoes online. sites like vaunte. vaunte asks socialites and heiresses and tv personalities to go through their closets looking for things to sell and then features them in photo shoots. you can then browse through the used lifestyles of the rich and

suck the vapor from the pipe. we've seen this kind of thing before. any shot you light on fire can be very dangerous. >> and it's supposed to be really strong, right? >> the guy who shot this is named sasha. ho told us the bartender was kind of hesitant about giving the shot. i think the bartender was right about having some hesitation because watch. >> oh, my gosh. >> quickly something goes wrong. i've watched this a bunch of times to try to figure out in the bartender bumped the pipe and jostled the liquor and the substance kind of flew everywhere? >> i think the guy blew out the pipe and the liquid jumped the flame on to his skin. >> his fingers were on fire as well. the guy who shot this told us the gentleman you're seeing here seemed okay afterwards. he did say he had some skin peeled off his face but overall the guy was all right. >> i think it was probably an involuntary reaction. he was probably like, ooh, that's hot. >> wow. >> a dog turned out to be baby's best friend. we got the story from wcsc. the bab

discussed stove piped discussions by the state department. regarding decisions on policy and security. to ensure thene security decisions are not stove piped and the individuals making the decisions have access to the necessary security information? >> one of the things we recommended that i mentioned earlier was to create or to elevate the assistant secretary for diplomatic security to an undersecretary. secretaries-- the in charge of security for the department and that authority is delegated down to the assistant secretary. what we found is that that has led to a little bit of some confusion. when we spoke to people in the embassies, to the ambassadors, to the deputy chief, it seems

fully screened and one pipe. so if i as all of those antennas if i move this antenna back towards the center of the building i have to bring it up. the further i go back the higher the antenna gets and the more visible it gets. so there's a limitation on the emissions that come off the antenna that works where they're related to close to the edge of the building. if i looked at the photographs and the pictures it mixes with the neighborhood. i understand what you're saying and there's one misrepresent that's apparently on the side of the building although it's not parted of the original building it looks like it could be. that's correct. there's two mounted antennas on the side and there are two on the side that the city has helped us to make sure they fit with the color of the building. and there is no fiber or cables coming down off those that are bringing blight to the building >> i would encourage you and staff to work with the neighbors to, you know, do whatever we can to make the aesthetics as good as possi

the 120 meter tall pipe stands between two reactor buildings.orkers used it to release radioactive vapors and prevent an explosion after the disaster at the plant. officials with tokyo electric power company say they spotted cracks in eight places that hold the pipe upright. they expect the earthquake two years ago caused the problem. they say there's no evidence of any damage to the pipe itself. overseers are demanding that company officials investigate immediately. they want to know whether the structure can with stand another earthquake. tepco officials say they're dismantling a tank at fuch neema daiichi that's caused them a number of problems. last month more than 300 tons of highly radioactive water leaked out. some of it may have flowed into the pacific ocean. >>> official with ptepco say they began taking apart on tuesday. >>> about 350 similar tanks are installed on the ground of the plant. fishermen who work near the plant are also concerned about the leaks. members at one cooperative had planned to start catching small amounts of youn

there was a pipe spouting, like a fountain, with everything coming out. everything was on the road already. i could see toilet paper. i could see other things that were... that you would put in a sewer. mcmillen: well, i was actually born and raised in westmoreland county so i have been aware of the conditions in herminie all my life. herminie has declined, because for any type of business of any size to come in and create jobs, they need the infrastructure there, and in herminie, it's just not there. narrator: to address community frustrations, sewickley township, home of herminie, created a sewer authority board in 1998. it's comprised of residents and business owners who worked for almost a decade to get sewage infrastructure for the area. miller: we were novices. i don't think anybody in the township knew where to go. and we were frustrated at times. we thought we were right on the cusp of getting funding, and then, something happened and we didn't get it. yeah, we could go out and float a loan, and probably people would be looking at maybe $100 a mon

if you have a broken pipe. they will spin like mad. when it's daylight, go home, you have the heater on or the oven, look at the top wheels they are spinning got now mad. if you turn on every gas appliance in our house they will move. if you break a pipe it will spin like mad. you smell gas it's dad egg smell it's methane. it rises, it's lighter than air. if you smell the natural gas you want to get out. shut off the gas and ventilate the room. get the natural gas out. to test it you want to turn it an eighth of a turn and turn it back to the way it it was. notice the little thing? that's going straight with the flow of the pipe that means it's open. if it's across that means you turned off the gas. the eighth of a turn you didn't turn it off you just moved it. these are in better shape. if you can get to this valve, safely, the building's collapsed on it you can't get to it you have to use the one in the street. pg and e put all the meters outside the houses in a lot of the neighborhoods, these are pretty easy to get to. they are easy

and i thought what is behind that door, that is where the pipes go, probably more pipes, but i'm not sure because i'm not allowed to know what's behind the door. i found it so interesting that people's relationship to their job would often kind of color that they thought the manhattan project was all about. but this bit mysterious town is all about. you know, for her it was pipes and one of the other women in my book talked about working at y-12. it was managed by tennessee eastman who at the time had something to do with film development. so she got herself, well, i bet these machines, these styles were turning and this has something to do with developing those little newsreels that we see before all of the movies at the movie house. so that is what she thought because she had these with tennessee and al-shabaab seasonal day. her friend took her aside one day and convinced her that she had figured out the secret of this entire place. she said i know what is going on. it has something to do with urine. and now, when he got hired on to the manhattan project, there were many things to