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Old 07-25-2006, 04:31 PM   #71
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Originally Posted by InCoGnEtO
That makes absolutely no sense to me. You know how many cities currently have underground systems that not only go below the water table, but below rivers? I mean, NY, Paris, London, Berlin, Munich, Prague, just to name a few....
I think the thing is that they built it not knowing that the water table rose that high. If it was done properly it would have been fine I think, they just didn't build it according to the geologic/water table conditions that exist underground downtown, and it would be too expensive to fix it.
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