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“This was a catastrophe, and we’ve got to get to the bottom of this.” Robert A. DeLeo, Speaker of Massachusetts House of Representatives, after the people of Boston and 29 of its most populous suburbs had their clean-water supply cut off
Monday, May. 03, 2010

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  • ROBERT DELEO,
  • Massachusetts house speaker, after an unprecedented pipe rupture left more than 2 million people in the greater Boston area without clean tap water for two days; after repairs on Sunday, drinking water was expected to be restored within 48 hours
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