RANGELY I A 16-inch raw water line and 12-inch potable water line burst within hours of each other in unrelated incidents last week, causing large-scale water restrictions in Rangely on July 15 and 16.
At 8:30 p.m. on July 15, a corroded pipe burst in a raw water line near Airport Road in east Rangely. Rangely Public Utilities Supervisor Alden Vanden Brink and senior officials activated what would become the first round of an emergency…