The Hidden Cost
The Collapse On New Year's Day, I received a call from Director Roberts telling me that there had been a sanitary sewer line collapse in the 3100 block between Bethel Boulevard and Eschol Avenue on New Year’s Eve. Attempts to clear the blockage from the line had been unsuccessful, and with the line at a depth greater than the Public Works equipment could dig, he requested my authorization to bring in a contractor after the holiday to conduct an emergency repair, which I granted. In the meantime Water Department crews were pumping out the system from the adjacent manhole and diverting it to another sanitary line a half-block away. So, I spent a few hours of New Year’s Day out on the site with Director Roberts and the Water Department Crew while they pumped out the backup in the sanitary system. It is safe to say that’s not exactly the most pleasant way to spend a holiday for anyone. Pumping out the sanitary sewer, New Year's Day Once Campanella & Sons, our o