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[Virginia Fitzpatrick]

The EN mandated sewer repair project is nearing completion. In the Area between Sunset and Potshop Rd, 166 households have completed their sewer lateral repairs using the township contractors. 37 households used private contractors for their lateral repairs. Nine residents did not make the required repairs, but one said they would do so in the near future. That leaves eight resident for which the township will contract repairs and place a lien on the property for the cost. Along White Hall road 32 household have used the township contractor and 2 used private contractors for sewer lateral repairs. Two other households along White Hall said they will complete their repairs soon. The township will then begin to resurface the roads torn up by the laterals. Fortunately I have been able to handle the lateral road bumps on my hybrid bike. Looks like we will all have a smoother ride in the Fall if all goes as planned.

I would like to find out from the township how the sewer repairs have affected the volume of water at the pump station after heavy rains. At the township meeting this week there was mention of townhouses being built on the open land between Paul Fly and Germantown Pike. Once they are hooked up that will add to the load handled by our sewer system. Even with all this repair, there was also discussion at the meeting of constructing an 80,000 gallon storage tank at the Germantown Pike pump station. The township is also in conversation with the Einstein Hospital developers about a sewer improvement project.

[Virginia Fitzpatrick]

We have waited almost a year for this repair. Contractor Sucher and Sons, Inc. began work last week repaving Hayes just off Woodland Ave. Today they repaved Taft off Potshop Rd. The men said the road should be usable by the end of the day. Meanwhile you can see ( second picture) all the cars parked along the side street so as to be accessible during the road work.

First the truck drives very very slowly dropping the asphalt along the road
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Then come the rollers to smooth it all out.
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[Virginia Fitzpatrick]

The ARROW consulting firm (described in first post) sent the appropriately dressed workman (pictured below) down the manhole shown below to install a flow meter. The meter will measure the flow levels in the sanitary sewer during the next 30 days. This data will be compared to the data taken last year in August. From comparing the 2007 and 2008 flow data the ARROW engineers hope to determine the effect of our sewer improvements to date on sewer overflows. We should remember to ask our township supervisors for the results when they come in. Hopefully this Fall.


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