Posted at 4:51 p.m., Thursday, November 2, 2006
Rains lead to more wastewater spills
Advertiser Staff
Runoff from heavy rains today triggered three wastewater spills, including another one at the city's Kaneohe Pretreatment Facility where untreated wastewater overflowed yesterday.
An estimated 18,225 gallons of untreated wastewater to overflow from two manholes in the Kaneohe facility between noon and 3:15 p.m. Another 6,750 gallons of untreated wastewater overflowed from a manhole and into Kaneohe Bay between 11:45 a.m. and 2 p.m. Another 1,200 gallons overflowed from that same manhole yesterday.
"Several days of heavy rains not only saturate the earth, but leave our wastewater system vulnerable to being overwhelmed by additional runoff," said Ken Shimizu, deputy director of Environmental Services.
In addition to the Kaneohe spills, Environmental Services crews responded to:
