March 27, 2009
Friday Headlines: Sewer Main Collapse in Fort Wayne Keeps Road Closed
Following up on a story from Tuesday, officials in Fort Wayne, Indiana say it will take longer than expected to fix a 30-foot deep sinkhole that’s closed a street near the city’s downtown since the weekend. The sinkhole was caused after a 125 year-old brick sewer main collapsed.
Headlines
Residents in Seabrook, New Hampshire will have to pay about $2.5 million less for their new water treatment plant thanks to the federal stimulus money allocated to the town. Construction of the new plant is expected to begin this summer.
Doheny State Beach, in Dana Point, California reopened today following a sewage spill that forced swimmers, surfers and divers out of the ocean Monday.
The state of Washington has received 347 applications totaling $416 million for the $38 million from the economic stimulus devoted to water projects.
The city of Hesperia, California will pay $6 milion for a new sub-regional wastewater facility with the goal is to make the city’s water supplies stretch further for an ever-growing population.
Sewer Rate News
West Cape May, New Jersey
Wilmington, Delaware
Xenia, Ohio
