closed #120038
Sewer Problems (Sanitary Sewers)
2563 E 8th ST
- Case Date:
- 3/6/1997
TOILET STOOL WATER SPRAYED ALL OVER ONE STOOL IN BATHROOM AND ALLOVER THE LINOLEUM FLOOR ABOUT 2-3 INCHES ,WHERE CBU CLEANED SEWER MAIN
TOILET STOOL WATER SPRAYED ALL OVER ONE STOOL IN BATHROOM AND ALLOVER THE LINOLEUM FLOOR ABOUT 2-3 INCHES ,WHERE CBU CLEANED SEWER MAIN
SEWER CLEAN OUT LEAKING. RICK SCHROEDER WENT TO 319 N DUNN AND FOUND THAT THE RESIDENCE OF 418 E 8TH WAS ACTUALLY HAVING THE PROBLEM. THEY HAVE A LONG SEWER LATERAL WITH TWO CLEAN OUTS. THE CLEAN OUT IN THE YARD OF 319 N DUNN WAS LEAKING
SEWER BACKUP MANHOLE
sewer backup
plastic lid off
SEWER BACKUP
SEWER ODOR INSIDE OFFICE
CALLED CREW OUT AND RAN SEWER LINE, TOM WAS NOT SURE IF IT WAS CITY'S OR A PRIVATE LINE, BECAUSE OF HOLIDAY RAN LINE
GOLDSTEIN STATES THAT CITY PAVED THE N-S ALLEY TO THE WEST OF HER HOME IN 1991 OR 1992. APPARENTLY THIS HAS ALLOWED THE WATER TO RUN OFF ONTO HER PROPERTY IN HER CRAWLSPACE. SHE DID NOT REALIZE THAT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON UNTIL SHE RECENTLY HAD TO GO UNDERNEATH THE HOUSE. THE WATER HAS CAUSED PROBLEMS. WHAT CAN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT DO?
PETERS STATED THAT THE CITY DID PAVING WORK ON HILLSDALE LAST YEAR. A GRATE OF SOME TYPE WAS INSTALLED NEAR THE STOP SIGN ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF HILLSDALE & 5TH STREET. THE GRATE MAY BE STOPPED UP BECAUSE AFTER A RAIN THE WATER POOLS AT THIS CORNER. THE WATER DOES NOT RUN OFF, THEREFORE, IT BECOMES STAGNANT AFTER SITTING THERE FOR AWHILE. THESE THEN BECOMES A PRIME AREA FOR MOSQUITOES, CONCERNED WITH THE HEALTH ISSUE.