Saw Steve Patton at the City Council meeting the other night looking for the city to make improvements to the sewer line to alleviate the problems at 9 May Street. In fact I saw Tim Niles on behalf of the tenants.
It got me thinking. The problem is that the line there is a combo line for sewer and drain. Anytimg it rains heavily the line becomes full with drain water and no sewerage from the building can get in. At the same time the 48 tenants are sending water into the sewerage system that backs up into the basement apartments.
Why can you have a large tank, say 3,000 to 5,000 gallons that will contain any overflow that is also connected to the sewerage system.. In other words when it rains and nothing can go into the sewer system, the sewerage from the tenants goes into this tank versus the basement apartments. As soon as the sewer line has room the tank drain into the sewer system.
In a worse case scenario you can put an alarm on the tank that once it hits 90%, an alarm goes off and a company comes in to drain it. Total cost for the fix can not be more then 25,000.
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6 months ago
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This stinks!!
And what about the guy on Vernon Hill who had the same problem last spring?
People off Massasoit Rd behind the school over there in a low lying area have had this same issue for years.
If Steve Patton is succesful in getting the city to upgrade the pipe lines, why can't these other taxpayers get similar treatment?
Same could be said of those waiting in line for years to get their private streets paved.
How many cops or teachers will it cost Worcester to upgrade the May St pipes for Steve Pattons benefit?
What happens when a home builder is charged $4000 to tie into the city sewer lines and then this problem with combined sewer/drainage lines causes a back up into someones new home. The homeowner may have a claim that there's an implied warranty of mercantability when their home builder was charged $4000 for a sewer hook up that is malfunctioning and that they as buyers stepped into the builders shoes (rights) when they bought their new home.
The Paris of the 90's, the cesspool of the 2000's?
Anonymous:
Assuming this line is a combo sewer/drain line, the problem that happened at 9 May Steet was not a 1 in hundred years scenarios. This was guaranteed to happen and really was a planning mistake and this should have been planned for.
Versus running any sewer lines, they should put in a tank as I explained at their expense.
Bill
Bill
This is not a slam against the CDC as I blame the city for this... does anyone ask or think about the sewer systems before a development like this happens.. I heard that this property always flooded.. now the tax payers pick up the tab...the system should be upgraded by the developer??? and we have long standing home owners that have this problem already.... like the sidewalk issue on upgrades... will they move up on the list????
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