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COUNTY UTILITIES AUTHORITY
SEWER LINE BREAK UPDATE:
Construction
And Restart Schedule For The Pipeline
Contact: Richard Fitamant or Tony Cicatiello
732.721.3800
- Sunday March 9
- 8 pm Concrete subbase will be poured beneath the new
pipe section; the concrete will cure for 12 hours
- 10 pm Welding completed
- Monday March 10
- 7 am Begin form work and placement of steel reinforcement
for complete concrete encasement of the new pipeline
- 12 noon Concrete poured for concrete encasement
- 6 pm 102” force main filling commences; flow begins
in pipeline; the process will take about 24 hours in order
to release air from the pipeline and get pressures stabilized
in the system
- Tuesday March 11
- 7 am Begin backfilling of excavation; portions of steel
sheeting to remain in place; replaced damaged section
of Sayreville 8” sewer line
- 6 pm 102” force main is back into full service
provided that all air is released from the system; bypass
is eliminated
- Wednesday March 12
- 7 am Backfilling, excavation and removal of sheeting
continues
- Thursday March 13
- 7 am Backfilling completed; site graded with seeding
to be performed during the spring months; contractor demobilizes
- Presently, the MCUA plans to utilize both the 72”
pipeline and the repaired 102” pipeline so that
the sewage volume is contained and only treated sewage
from the wastewater treatment plant is discharged to the
Raritan River/Bay
- MCUA’s independent consultant took samples at
the Sayreville pump station throughout the weekend; the
Raritan River sampling was suspended for the weekend but
will continue on Monday; all data will be forwarded to
DEP
- Work is continuing on a 24-hour basis
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