BurningbirdSome of you might remember about our problems with our sewer connection. Well, now we’re literally caught between two public utilities and the source of meetings between two communities. Public Water District #2 has long planned on moving their force main to a new system, and dump into brand new gravity main north of us. […]
Long time buddies know about the issues we’ve had with the sewer connection. We’re connected to the head of a gravity main. Unfortunately, the town next door has a force main that dumps into the gravity main at the same spot. Our lateral sewer connection is sufficient but shallow, especially when the force main pumps […]
By my rain gauge yesterday, we had 3.98 inches of rain, and that’s not accounting for what fell after Midnight. We’ve had heavy rains before, but this one seemed to be a particular problem in the O’Fallon area. Last night we tried to flush our toilets, and they weren’t going anywhere. The seal on one […]
Not long ago, I received an email from a person praising one of my writings. He wanted me to know, however, that he doesn’t take sites like mine seriously because it’s a personal web site, and therefore, not credible. Because my site lacked credibility, he didn’t feel he could share the writing with others. I was […]
The sewer district system engineer is coming out this morning. It isn’t normal to have the problems we’re having. And last night, I didn’t sleep at all because the pipes, toilets, and plumbing were bubbling all night. I know this is nothing compared to people’s homes flooding, but it wears you down. Especially if these […]