Here’s is an aerial photo of a home that has been engulfed by a sinkhole caused by a sewer pipe failure.  The cost of underground infrastructure failures is much higher than average people want to believe.  Sinkholes are one type of failure; water main breaks and other types (or, modes) of failure can have devastating effects as well, including widespread flooding with water, or worse, raw sewage soaking homes and businesses. In this case, the bad sewer line in question cost this family only EVERYTHING they had.