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Though not many residents in Hanson, Massachusetts, noticed it, a small plumbing leak sent water flowing down a town roadway and allowed sediment to enter the water infrastructure, according to the South Shore Express.

After discovering the leak's origin, the paper reports local utility workers contacted town officials regarding who was responsible for fixing it. Hanson Water Department superintendent Neal Merritt states the source of the leak was actually under Brockton city lines and may have been leaking since winter.

Brockton officials were told of the water leak in the century-old plumbing and took ownership of ordering repairs for it, according to the paper. Brockton water commissioner Brian Creedon stated the city may bill the owner whose property the leak originated from.

Elsewhere in Massachusetts, a water leak that occurred in Weston from last year still has local officials working hard, the Boston Globe reports. Conservation officials in the area plan to clean up sediment from Weston's waterbed left from 2010's substantial main break.

Though a massive water leak at an Ontario home last fall caused the property's owners to receive a $13,000 bill, a report by CBC News states the couple – as well as many other homeowners – are taking action to pay for the charge.

Specifically, the homeowners, Frank and Annette Cappellino, told the news source they joined a class-action lawsuit against the pipe manufacturer who made the plumbing materials in their home.

In fall 2010, a substantial water leak filled the homeowners' basement, causing the high-priced bill and some headaches for the couple, who built their home a decade earlier, the source states. "Water was just spewing out like a waterfall," Frank Cappellino said of the leak.

Thanks to a $125 million settlement, the Cappelinos and numerous other residents can breathe a little easier about replacing their home's pipes. However, more homeowners and buildings may soon have issues with the plumbing made from the manufacturer.

Kyle Fowler, co-owner of Fowler Plumbing in Windsor, told CBC News many homes in Canada and the U.S. have been built with plumbing materials from IPEX.

Another plumbing-related lawsuit is ongoing in Texas. Reports say Culwell Designs is suing Aqueduct Plumbing on behalf of a client whose home experienced a leak.