Can the water pressure supply to the street increase?

[Mottie]

Silly question but just lately I can now hear the water running through the pipes to fill our WC. Also, when it’s quiet like it is right now in my house, I can hear the water running through next doors pipes when presumably Their washing machine is filling and last week, a water pipe burst under the pavement near me. Just wondering if all this has come about because of an increase in water pressure?

 

[oldbutnotdead]

Highly possible if an old iron tube (partly blocked with years of crud) has failed & the water board have replaced it entirely rather than patching it.
Or could be air still trapped in the supply pipes?

 

[Dereekoo]

Or water company could have re routed supply lines for operational reasons or increased supply pressure

 

[big-all]

no expert but just a though

they have used a stopcock and not opened to the same point causing more resistance more noise or opened more causing greater flow ???
just a thought