Who said anything about sabotage?
Posted on 12/23/2010 1:34:54 PM PST by SmithL
As much as a million gallons of sewage has poured into Marin County's Corte Madera Creek this week - including sludge from a pipe that ruptured Wednesday - following a series of mishaps that officials believe could be sabotage.
The raw sewage bubbled out of a badly clogged pipeline in Kentfield Friday. Then, about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, a large pipe apparently burst underneath a berm used by locals as a jogging trail next to the creek, about three-quarters of a mile west of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard.
An undetermined amount of effluent spewed out of the ruptured pipe, said Brett Richards, general manager of the Ross Valley Sanitary District.
"It was a major pipe failure," said Richards, whose agency handles sewage for the Ross Valley, including Fairfax, San Anselmo, Kentfield, Greenbrae and San Quentin State Prison. "We don't know how much spilled or the exact cause until we dig it up and take a look at it, but our hunch is that the two are related."
Richards said an estimated 740,000 gallons overflowed Friday in several locations in Kentfield, the worst of which was at Stadium Way and College Avenue. As much as 95 percent of the stinking brew flowed out of a manhole cover into a storm drain and emptied out into the creek, he said.
Workers dispatched to the scene found what Richards said was "an extraordinary amount of debris in our pipe."
The 30-inch-diameter PVC pipe was clogged with large chunks of road asphalt, thick pieces of the kind of rubber used on running tracks, rolls of wire and even construction helmets. The junk was enough to fill a small dump truck, he said.
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Same thing happened with Congress.
WOW-— retired on a pension of 75/k? I work my butt off for that and no public pension cushion attached.
Who said anything about sabotage?
Listen All Of Y'all This Is Sabotage
Listen All Of Y'all This Is Sabotage
Listen All Of Y'all This Is Sabotage
Listen All of Y'all This Is Sabotage
Marin County, huh? Would this be another case of the effluent clashing with the affluent?
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