07.07.08
Monday Headlines: Bridgeport Sewer Project Nearing Completion
Since Spring 2004, the East Side of Bridgeport, Connecticut has been undergoing a massive project to replace the area’s old sewer mains. While residents have complained about torn up streets there is good news as the project is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
In addition, the city is separating its storm sewer and sanitary sewer systems. Bridgeport has not upgraded its sewer system since it was first installed in the early 1900s.
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More from the Nutmeg State, a portion of Route 85 in Waterford is expected to reopen today as crews repair the damage this weekend from a broken water main. Water from the break, which occurred early Friday morning, eroded the earth under the pavement and left a 10-foot-deep hole between 10 and 15 feet in diameter in the middle of Route 85.
In Albuquerque, A huge sinkhole nearly swallowed a fire truck this morning. The sinkhole was formed after a large water line broke under the street.
In Lewiston, Maine, public works crews worked through the night on Saturday to repair a broken sewer pipe, after the collapse of a section of a 20-inch sewer line serving a large part of the city. Crews planned to repair the line by cutting out the broken section and attaching a new PVC-pipe with couplings to the existing clay line.
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Jacksonville, Florida
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05.15.08
Thursday Headlines: Sewer Line Collapses in Charlotte
A sewer line collapsed overnight on Thursday and has caused major traffic problems in part of Charlotte, North Carolina. According to the Charlotte Department of Transportation, a contractor was working overnight to install a new water main when a nearby sewer line collapsed.(picture courtesy of WSOC-TV)
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Citizens of Beachwood, New Jersey are concerned about high iron content in the water.
After a lot of work and $3 million later, Mill Hall, Pennsylvania has repaired its sewer system.
The Gallup, New Mexico wastewater plant is in shambles.
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East Aurora, New York
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Niles, Ohio
04.17.08
Thursday Headlines: SRF Pays for Water Projects in Montana
Loans of $958,160 from the Montana State Revolving Fund have been approved for new water and sewer lines, helping finance another phase of a major public health improvement effort on the southern fringe of Great Falls.
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In Alabama, the Jefferson County Commission may have to ask Governor Bob Riley to call a special session of the Legislature to help the county complete a plan for paying its sewer debt.
Sutter County, California and its two citieshave reasons for looking into combining wastewater treatment efforts.
Water Infrastructure Finance Authority has approved a low-interest $8.5 million loan to Flagstaff, Arizona to drill and equip four new wells to help meet the drinking water needs of the city’s nearly 60,000 residents.
The Moriarty, New Mexico City Council heard several options for a loan-grant program to build, repair and improve public water and waste collection and treatment systems through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development program.
04.04.08
Friday Headlines: Domenici Backs Water Treatment Project
Senator Pete Domenici (R-N.M), has backed a wastewater treatment plant project in Aztec, New Mexico and is requesting $500,000 from the EPA for the $7 million project. Sen. Domenici has requested the money from the EPA’s State and Tribal Assistance Grants program. If approved, the grant would require 45 percent in non-federal matching funds.
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In Virginia, Depoe Bay’s water treatment plant will be updated with the purchase of a new programmable logical controller.
Many small communities in Minnesota have outdated sewage systemsthat need replacing. But the high cost of such a project is delaying improvements. In Minnesota the backlog of wastewater needs is $3 billion.
The health of the Chesapeake Bay is dismal and more than three decades of restoration efforts have done little to improve the condition of the nation’s largest estuary, according to two independent assessments released Thursday. The Bay has long suffered from massive unnatural influxes of nitrogen and phosphorous, largely from sewage wastewater, agricultural and urban runoff, and air pollution.
