Texas Sewage Spill Blows Off Manhole Covers, Fouls River

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IRVING, Texas — A faulty gate at a wastewater treatment plant backed up millions of gallons of raw sewage, causing a smelly mess that flowed into a river, shot manholes into the air, and closed a park this week.

State and federal environmental regulators were reviewing what caused the problem at the Trinity River Authority's east Grand Prairie plant, blocking all sewage from getting into the site for a half-day.

The force of the flow launched at least eight manholes skyward, geysers of sewage rose as high as four feet, and part of a golf course and a park were closed.

"Take the worst thing you've ever smelled and multiply it by 10," said golfer Len Stahly, 71. Nearly 70 million gallons of raw sewage backed up, and about 3 million gallons of it flowed into the river, officials said Thursday."

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http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-02/s_22437.asp

[LittleApple81]

1. Ha! but they do not want to pay taxes to maintain infrastructure. n/t

[RobertSeattle]

2. Spin it: Irving Texas begins BOLD NEW INITIATIVE in wastewater treatment

:evilgrin:

[tridim]

3. Sounds like the Simpsons episode

when Homer became the sanitation commissioner.. They ended up having to move the entire town a few miles down the road.

[library_max]

4. Dammit, are the Republicans redistricting AGAIN?

Sorry, I just read the headline and couldn't resist.