CFPUA Sanitary Sewer Overflow: Friday, Intersection of Willoughby Park Court and Honey Bee Lane, Monkey Junction
Failed manhole sewer guard blocked flow, caused overflow
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Mike McGill
Office: (910) 332-6704
Cell: (910) 622-8472
mike.mcgill@cfpua.org
This news release was issued on June 25, 2016, in compliance with North Carolina General Statute 143-251.1C (a portion of the Clean Water Act of 1999). For further information, contact Mike McGill, Chief Communications Officer for Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (CFPUA), at the contact number and email given above.
Wilmington, NC (June 25, 2016): Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (CFPUA) crews responded to a sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) Friday, June 24, 2016, resulting from a failed manhole sewer guard. The guard fell down into the manhole, blocking its flow and causing the overflow. The incident was first reported at 5:45 p.m. at the intersection of Willoughby Park Court and Honey Bee Lane in Monkey Junction.
CFPUA crews and contractors worked to clear the blockage, which proved to be difficult to clear because the failed manhole guard could not seen or cleared using normal procedures. The overflow ended at approximately 2 a.m. and is estimated to have involved 5,250 gallons of untreated wastewater, which entered a storm drain tributary to Motts Creek.
CFPUA Environmental Management staff members have conducted water quality testing at various locations at and around the site and initial results are expected within the next 24 hours. This incident is under further investigation by CFPUA and has been reported to the North Carolina Division of Water Quality.
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Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (CFPUA) was formed by the City of Wilmington and New Hanover County to combine their water and sewer operations. It began operations on July 1, 2008. Today, CFPUA serves more than 67,000 water customer accounts and more than 65,000 wastewater customer accounts. It oversees more than 1,000 miles of water distribution mains and nearly 1,000 miles of sewer mains. For more information, visit www.cfpua.org or contact CFPUA’s Communications staff at communications@cfpua.org.