Sewer service interruptions
Untreated wastewater discharges from the wastewater collection system to the river system:
2007
| Date |
Location |
Estimated
discharge |
Estimated
duration |
Cause |
Incident details and response |
| September 17 |
Red River - Jessie Street lift station |
Unknown |
60 minutes |
Water main break |
- High level alarm received at 3:30 a.m. due to large volume of drinking water draining into combined sewer from water main break on Hugo Street between Jessie and McMillan.
- Crew arrived at 4:10 a.m. and found flow to the station exceeding pumping capacity.
- Estimate that overflow to Red River started approximately 3:40 a.m.
- Crew immediately began closing sluice gate on outfall pipe.
- Gate closed and discharge of diluted raw sewage stopped at 4:40 a.m.
- Incident reported to Manitoba Conservation, Manitoba Environmental Accident Reporting Line and Environment Canada.
|
| February 16 |
Red River - Hawthorne Avenue lift station |
22000 litres |
20 minutes |
Water main break |
- High level alarm received at 3:20 a.m. due to large volume of drinking water draining into combined sewer from water main break in the 500 block of McLeod Ave.
- Crew arrived at 3:45 a.m. and found overflow to river just starting.
- Crew immediately began closing combined sewer outfall gate and discharge stopped at 4:05 a.m.
- Incident reported to Manitoba Conservation, Manitoba Environmental Accident Reporting Line and Environment Canada.
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| January 25 |
Red River - Cockburn sewage pumping station |
20000 litres |
25 minutes |
Water main break |
- High level alarm received at 8 p.m. due to large volume of drinking water draining into combined sewer from major water main break at Grant Ave. and Nathaniel St.
- Crew arrived at 8:20 p.m. and found overflow to river just beginning.
- Crew immediately began closing gate and had it closed by 8:45 p.m.
- Alarm ended at 10:04 p.m. and gate opened.
- Incident reported to Manitoba Environmental Accident Reporting Line and Environment Canada.
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