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July 18, 2013, 5:23 PM

Four WSSC crewmembers worked on for hours to close this valve to keep water flowing to more than 100,000 customers in Prince George's County. (Courtesy Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission)
Courtesy Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
This valve is half the size of the stubborn valve that WSSC crews worked on to keep water flowing to a large section of Prince George's County. (杏吧原创/Kate Ryan)
杏吧原创/Kate Ryan
Tom Ecker talks about what it is like to work 20 feet underground in the dark. Several workers helped open a stuck valve to keep water flowing to a large section of Prince George's County. (杏吧原创/Kate Ryan)
杏吧原创/Kate Ryan
Billy Dove, right, and Jimmy Bowen are among the four men that pulled off an unlikely fix to keep water flowing to a large section of Prince George's County. (杏吧原创/Kate Ryan)
杏吧原创/Kate Ryan
Brad Destelhorst discusses his role in helping to open a valve and keep water flowing to a large section of Prince George's County. He stood in 3 feet of water, 20 feet underground to fix the pipe. "It's my job," he says. (杏吧原创/Kate Ryan)
杏吧原创/Kate Ryan
These WSSC workers demonstrate how they got the job done, using just a 20-inch pipe, to fix a valve on a much bigger pipe. Four men helped keep the water flowing to a large section of Prince George's County. (杏吧原创/Kate Ryan)
杏吧原创/Kate Ryan
National Harbor is returning to business as usual Thursday after being part of the area that was expected to have no water due to emergency repairs. Hotels and businesses at the popular destination are slowly reopening. (杏吧原创/Nick Iannelli)
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