Sewer Spill on City Construction Project
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Ramsey Court Cleaned Up
The City of Madison had a discharge of untreated wastewater from a sanitary sewer located at Ramsey Court.
Speedway Sand and Gravel, a contractor on a City project was bypass pumping sewerage at this location, as part of some downstream, permitted sewer construction. At approximately 1:45 PM on Monday, August 1st, the hose on the pump failed. The Contractor quickly addressed the problem. It is estimated that approximately 50 gallons of sewerage was spilled. The City was on-site and immediately performed necessary cleanup.
At this time there are no adverse impacts anticipated to the public or the environment and no sewerage was discharged to downstream receiving waters.
This notice is provided in compliance with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Administrative Code and the City of Madison’s Capacity, Maintenance, Operations & Management (CMOM) Program. For more information contact Bryan Manning, Assistant Construction Engineer, at (608) 266-4089.
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