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NEW Water said it aims to minimize disruptions while replacing Depression-era sewage pipes that have gone past their usable ...
Jul. 11—bluefield — About 45 days from Wednesday, a five-year system of public sewer rate increases approved on second reading this week by the Bluefield Board of Directors is scheduled to begin.
The city says it is actively responding to the failure of a 12-inch pump at the Arlington Avenue sewer collapse site, which caused "renewed sewer overflows into Delaware Creek," one of three area ...
Gas-powered pumps with 12–18 HP engines drive water for 6–10 inch mains, while 5 HP electric units handle 2–4 inch residential pipes. Hoses with 3/16-inch inner diameters maintain pressure ...
The 30-year-old male construction worker was found unconscious and face down in about 6 to 8 inches of water. The victim was quickly evaluated and found to have no pulse, the Kansas City Fire ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A man was listed in critical condition Monday morning after he was found unresponsive in a sewer pipe. EMS responded to the 9200 block of Old Santa Fe Road just before 8 ...
The sand and debris within the pipe at that depression site were so deep that Heath, standing 5 feet, 10 inches, could stand on the pile and touch the top of the 12-foot, 6-inch pipe.
ECUA spokeswoman Nathalie Bowers said crews repaired the broken 12-inch pipe within a couple of hours. However, they were only able to recover about 300 gallons of the spilled sewage.
One project, a 5-mile stretch of 104-inch pipe, cost $167 million on its own. But the work has paid off, SAWS officials say. The number of sanitary sewer overflows — the term the EPA uses for ...
ECUA spokeswoman Nathalie Bowers said crews repaired the broken 12-inch pipe within a couple of hours. However, they were only able to recover about 300 gallons of the spilled sewage.
Jul. 11—bluefield — About 45 days from Wednesday, a five-year system of public sewer rate increases approved on second reading this week by the Bluefield Board of Directors is scheduled to begin.
"Crews are working to locate and deploy a replacement pump as quickly as possible," at the Arlington Avenue site, a city spokesperson said Monday evening.