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THUNDER BAY — The city is looking to identify the source of a sewage backup that has impacted several homes located near a worksite where a collapsed culvert on River Street is being replaced.
Project engineer Mike Vogrig said Tuesday's backup likely occurred when as "surge of inflow" into the sanitary sewer exceeded the capacity of both a main pump and backup pump for around 15 minutes shortly before 9 a.m. “It’s a little bit mind-boggling the amount of flow that came through that sanitary sewer in such a short time,” he said. “So not only are we trying to design a solution on site, we’re trying to identify where all the flow was coming from in the first place.”
At the time, the city established a protocol to ensure communication with contractor Taranis when city crews conduct work like flushing hydrants in the area, which can cause sewage inflows, explained Vogrig.
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