Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Changing the Channel on Raw Sewage

What appears to be a sophsticated system of managing and channeling raw sewage , so that it averts flooding basements and averts dumping raw sewage into the harbour, is on the verge of being implemented in Hamilton in October of this year. 

John Helka, who is coordinating the project, was quoted in The Spec as saying  the $4-million real-time control system will use water-level sensors, underground gates and a new tunnel “off-ramp” to redirect sewage normally destined for the Wellington outfall to other parts of the sewer system, or into nearby holding tanks without endangering homes and businesses in the low-lying northeast end.

For further details, see Spec write up here or purchase today's print version. There is some very good information in the article, and it sounds like this could be a very good control measure in Hamilton. 

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