Washington City Wipes Out a Problem
Located across the Columbia River from Portland, Ore., the City of Vancouver, Wash., has distinguished itself as a leader in effective sanitary sewer system management by maintaining adequate capacity, proactively maintaining sewage infrastructure and minimizing cost for existing and new ratepayers.
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Louisiana Parish Addresses Sewer Flooding
Jefferson Parish, La., extends along a 15-mile-wide corridor west of and upriver from New Orleans. As demonstrated by the recent Hurricane Isaac, this parish is vulnerable to tropical storms and hurricanes from June through November in a region that is already known for high rainfall events throughout the year. To make matters worse, the structural and operational integrity of the parish’s sanitary sewer lines and pump stations are compromised by age and very minimal budgets to maintain the equipment in place.
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Alabama City Benefits from Block Grant
The sewer utility for the City of Andalusia, Ala., is among scores of municipal and regional operations across the nation that benefited from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Andalusia qualified for a $250,000 U.S. Department of Energy Block Grant. However, the proposed use—for replacing aging pumps at two lift stations along the municipal sewage collection system—had to be fully demonstrated to be eligible.
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