[FairfieldLife] due to weekend ice storm, sh*t hits the fan in Fairfield

2007-02-26 Thread George DeForest

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SOUTHEAST IOWA NEWS
Weather Announcements and Power Outages

Power Outages Create Sewer Bypasses in Fairfield

Weather-related power outages have caused bypasses of sewage in at
least two eastern Iowa cities, the most serious occurring in Fairfield. By
early Saturday evening, Fairfield was still without electricity. Bypassing
of sewage was taking place in Crow Creek from pumping stations and
generators were being used to prevent sewage from backing up in the plant.

This is a potentially serious situation because if the plant backs up with
wastewater, significant damage could occur to the electrical equipment
inside, said Russell Royce, an environmental specialist for the DNR's field
office in Washington.

Although bypassing of sewage is never a desirable situation, it does
sometimes have to be done if the result could be to have sewage back up into
private homes and businesses which would create a greater risk to human
health.

It is anticipated, because of the weather-related power outages, that
additional bypassing of sewage could occur in affected hours due to the
combination of lost power shutting down pumps and the increased flow because
of precipitation.

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RE: [FairfieldLife] due to weekend ice storm, sh*t hits the fan in Fairfield

2007-02-26 Thread Rick Archer
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Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 12:01 PM
To: Fairfield Life
Subject: [FairfieldLife] due to weekend ice storm, sh*t hits the fan in
Fairfield

 


 -- Original Message --
 Received: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:34:26 AM PST
 From: KMCD News [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:news%40radiovillage.com

 Subject: E-NEWS 2/26/07 [radio station news from Fairfield]

SOUTHEAST IOWA NEWS
Weather Announcements and Power Outages

Power Outages Create Sewer Bypasses in Fairfield

Weather-related power outages have caused bypasses of sewage in at
least two eastern Iowa cities, the most serious occurring in Fairfield. By
early Saturday evening, Fairfield was still without electricity. Bypassing
of sewage was taking place in Crow Creek from pumping stations and
generators were being used to prevent sewage from backing up in the plant.



So bypassing means that raw sewage is dumped into a creek? Where is Crow
Creek?



Re: [FairfieldLife] due to weekend ice storm, sh*t hits the fan in Fairfield

2007-02-26 Thread Sal Sunshine

On Feb 26, 2007, at 12:27 PM, Rick Archer wrote:


 Power Outages Create Sewer Bypasses in Fairfield

 Weather-related power outages have caused bypasses of sewage in at
 least two eastern Iowa cities, the most serious occurring in 
Fairfield. By
 early Saturday evening, Fairfield was still without electricity. 
Bypassing

 of sewage was taking place in Crow Creek from pumping stations and
 generators were being used to prevent sewage from backing up in the 
plant.



So “bypassing” means that raw sewage is dumped into a creek? Where is 
Crow Creek?


Right behind your house, Rick.   And you wondered why you got such a 
good deal.


Hopefully it's far away.

Sal