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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They love muslims, illegals and liberalism in Marin County. Sounds like karma to me.
Somebody's got too much time on their hands.
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.
Sewage leaks must be contagious. Other than the obvious one, there’s one flowing past the big zero’s vacation home, too.
saw a clip this morning,, the district spokesman dude was not too happy when he was interviewed.. what a mess..
A certain religion practicing one of its sacraments.
That junk would be hard to get thru a TSA scanner....
Some illegal contractor getting rid of debris like they do south of the border.
Read Hansen’s article “Two California’s”.
Lazy unionized Govt workers falsifying work sheets. "Oh yea, we inspected that pipe right on schedule."
I do not think they used the tax money for upkeep in most of these city’s. They have paid the unions instead?
Any way that crap can be diverted towards the Pelosi vineyahhds? A fitting welcome home present for her, if you ask me.
Yep, that gets my vote. The cheapest bid ends up getting paid elsewhere.
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?
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.
How do you sabotage a sewer pipe to rupture like that?
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.
-—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”.
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".
Hot diggety dog. We’re spending Christmas up there. < |:(~
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