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Marin County sewage spills may be sabotage
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 12/23/10 | Peter Fimrite, Chronicle Staff Writer

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: marincounty; sabotage; stuffhappens
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1 posted on 12/23/2010 1:34:58 PM PST by SmithL
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To: SmithL

They love muslims, illegals and liberalism in Marin County. Sounds like karma to me.


2 posted on 12/23/2010 1:36:31 PM PST by Frantzie
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To: SmithL
The junk was enough to fill a small dump truck, he said.

Somebody's got too much time on their hands.

3 posted on 12/23/2010 1:36:41 PM PST by Sherman Logan
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To: SmithL

Look for TONS and TONS of cities to start blaming disregarded infrastructure maintenance to blame failures on ‘sabotage’.

Seriously. Gimme a break. All the money people are paying go into union pensions, not infrastructure improvement.


4 posted on 12/23/2010 1:37:39 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: SmithL

Sewage leaks must be contagious. Other than the obvious one, there’s one flowing past the big zero’s vacation home, too.


5 posted on 12/23/2010 1:38:04 PM PST by bgill (K Parliament- how could a young man born in Kenya who is not even a native American become the POTUS)
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To: SmithL

saw a clip this morning,, the district spokesman dude was not too happy when he was interviewed.. what a mess..


6 posted on 12/23/2010 1:38:23 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: SmithL

A certain religion practicing one of its sacraments.


7 posted on 12/23/2010 1:39:13 PM PST by Salvey
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To: Sherman Logan

That junk would be hard to get thru a TSA scanner....


8 posted on 12/23/2010 1:40:07 PM PST by illiac (If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
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To: NormsRevenge

Some illegal contractor getting rid of debris like they do south of the border.
Read Hansen’s article “Two California’s”.


9 posted on 12/23/2010 1:40:40 PM PST by Oldexpat
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To: Secret Agent Man
Look for TONS and TONS of cities to start blaming disregarded infrastructure maintenance to blame failures on ‘sabotage’.

Lazy unionized Govt workers falsifying work sheets. "Oh yea, we inspected that pipe right on schedule."

10 posted on 12/23/2010 1:42:01 PM PST by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: SmithL

I do not think they used the tax money for upkeep in most of these city’s. They have paid the unions instead?


11 posted on 12/23/2010 1:42:19 PM PST by ColdOne
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To: SmithL

Any way that crap can be diverted towards the Pelosi vineyahhds? A fitting welcome home present for her, if you ask me.


12 posted on 12/23/2010 1:45:16 PM PST by SueRae (I can see November 2012 from my HOUSE!!!!!!!!)
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To: Oldexpat
Some illegal contractor getting rid of debris like they do south of the border.

Yep, that gets my vote. The cheapest bid ends up getting paid elsewhere.

13 posted on 12/23/2010 1:46:31 PM PST by glorgau
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To: Secret Agent Man

Start looking at illegal construction workers looking for ‘short cuts’....how many times have you seen Pedro blowing the grass and leafs in the gutter and sanitary sewer drains?


14 posted on 12/23/2010 1:47:44 PM PST by Gaffer
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Lazy unionized Govt workers

Had a buddy just retired after 25 years as a city worker in Nor Calif. After the economy slipped and the city started losing money a couple of years ago, they stopped outsourcing their work to subs and he had to actually work the last year on the job. The poor lamb is 55 pulling in $75G a year plus free medical for life, living on a farm in France.


15 posted on 12/23/2010 1:48:56 PM PST by Jolla
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To: SmithL

How do you sabotage a sewer pipe to rupture like that?


16 posted on 12/23/2010 1:57:01 PM PST by tbw2 (Freeper sci-fi - "Sirat: Through the Fires of Hell" - on amazon.com)
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The junk was enough to fill a small dump truck, he said.---- "Somebody's got too much time on their hands."

That somebody also does not know their conversions. 740,000 gallons is over 3,600 cubic yards.

That would be an area about 45x45x45 feet.I would not call that a small dump truck.

17 posted on 12/23/2010 1:57:58 PM PST by Michael.SF. (Current count of friends/family who have abandoned Obama: 11)
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To: Lurker

-—Lazy unionized Govt workers falsifying work sheets. “Oh yea, we inspected that pipe right on schedule.”-—

Don’t forget: “Um, we also lost our helmets”.


18 posted on 12/23/2010 2:01:20 PM PST by Born to Conserve
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To: Born to Conserve
“Oh yea, we inspected that pipe right on schedule.”-—

Oh yeah, the CYA started the second the "sabotage" was reported. The "first responders" were the clerks plowing through all the paperwork making sure all the i's were dotted and t's were crossed so that they could declare that "everything was done correctly".

19 posted on 12/23/2010 2:08:31 PM PST by randog (Tap into America!)
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To: SmithL

Hot diggety dog. We’re spending Christmas up there. < |:(~


20 posted on 12/23/2010 2:10:49 PM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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