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COUNTY UTILITIES AUTHORITY
SEWER LINE BREAK UPDATE: March 9, 2003
5:00
PM
Contact: Richard Fitamant or Tony Cicatiello
732.721.3800
- As of 4 pm, total amount of bypass sewage at the Sayreville
Pumping Station was estimated at 495 million gallons
- The average hourly bypass sewage rate varies between
1.3 to 3.0 million gals/hr; the warm weather continues
to cause the snow to melt that produced a larger volume
of run-off which required us to bypass sewage at a higher
rate than yesterday
- At the break site, the inspection of the pipeline confirmed
that the break was isolated to one section of the pipeline;
the approval was given to go forward with the repair;
the construction company placed the new pipe during the
overnight hours; the new pipe is now being welded to create
a water-tight connection, a process that takes approximately
12 hours – work should be concluded around 10 pm
today
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