Broken Water Line

Well it isn't a great picture but gives you the idea of what we were dealing with. It is a 2'x2' hole in the concrete. I had to lay on my belly and reach down to dig out the sand, gravel and water. When I couldn't reach down any farther, I slid down the hole and knelt down. It was a nightmare. We had to hand dig over 4 feet to get to the water line. Not only is it hard to hand dig gravel but the water kept fillig the hole. So I would dig gravel and then bucket water out, about 2 to 1. It took 3 days to dig it out and repair the broken line. We left the hole open to watch to make sure the repair held. That night is rained all night and the next day. I checked the hole the next morning and it had given way exposing a 2x4' hole from the outside to the inside. What an ordeal.