The city of Jackson issued the following statement.
On Monday, June 8, 2020, the City of Jackson issued an alert to customers in the Savanna Street Wastewater Treatment Plant area concerning a sanitary sewer overflow/bypass.
The overflow occurred as a result of excessive infiltration and inflow after the significant rain event on June 8, 2020. The City of Jackson responds to overflows in a manner consistent with state and federal standards. We are warning the public to avoid contact with the Pearl River from Savanna Street in Jackson to Swinging Bridge Road in Byram until the SSO/Bypass has ceased.
• The SSO/Bypass is happening at the Savanna Street Waste Water Treatment Plant
• This is a result of excessive flow coming from the wastewater collection system during the rain
event on June 8, 2020.
event on June 8, 2020.
• SSO/Bypass flow is going to the Pearl River outside of the Savanna Street Waste Water
Treatment Plant
Treatment Plant
• Estimated volume can range from 5.0 MGD to 150 MGD.
If you have questions regarding the SSO/Bypass from the Savanna Street Wastewater Treatment Plant, please call the City’s Contract Operator, Veolia North America at (601) 372-3439.
29 comments:
The sewage must flow
Like pus oozing from the Baron's sores.
@1:55p- Your "attempt" at humor is extremely misguided. 1. Baron would NEVER have pus-filled sores, and 2. Jackson would look TOTALLY different if Trump were in charge.
I can think of DOZENS of names better suited, and actually accountable for the condition of Jackson, to be inserted where you typed BARON.
Hardly a significant rain event, storm total or rate of arrival. The system has basically collapsed in its ability to handle any rain volume beyond that of a passing shower. The Pearl has become Jackson's near full-time raw sewage ditch.
@2:04
The Woooooosh is flowing over your head!
The Baron's pus oozing sores are disgusting. Here is a video clip of the Nastiness
Perhaps if Jackson would stop their objections to Rankin County building their own sewage treatment facility the burden on Savannah St. would be reduced. I know this is supposedly due to infiltration of storm water, but any relief has got to be better than none.
Allow me to strip some government speak from the announcement.
Because of incompetence by the City of Jackson (and its mayor and city council), raw shit from the population of Jackson is being poured into the Pearl River. Nevertheless, the Mayor has established a climate change panel.
@2:04
Read books much? This flew right over your head.
June 10, 2020 at 2:04 PM - methinks you have the wrong Baron in mind...
The Baron that 1:55 PM has referred to was given a disease by the Bene Gesserit that caused him to have morbid obesity and pustules all over his body that required him to undergo frequent incision and drainage procedures. It grossed Feyd Rautha out to no end.
I am so annoyed by everyone blaming the last few administrations for Jackson's infrastructure problems. The city's infrastructure issues started 50 years ago. However, I will admit the last few administrations have been like rocket fuel lobbed into a fire.
West Rankin Utility Authority. Laughing their asses off.
I own property not very far downstream on the Pearl River from the site of this shitastrophe. Whom do I join to sue, or must I rely upon the feckless DEQ / EPA to do their jobs (and fine the city on my behalf - while I get nothing.)
This is 2:04p- Yep, my bad, it went right over my head. I guess current events have me on edge... off to take the edge off.
Yes step 1 in climate change. Taxpayers have given them this 1% sales tax that has generated millions. Yes a few roads are better. Still don't know if my Water bill is correct and now raw sewage into the Pearl. I am no scientist but that cant be good. I fear this money has been spent on Buddies and consulting instead of infrastructure. The City should be taken over immediately by the state . Let Kenneth and Little Chok hit the road. This is total incompetence.
2:37, not exactly. Storm water rushing into a leaky sewer system over-burdens the sewer plant by 20x or more.
The ironic thing is that those pipes bringing waste water from Rankin to Jackson can flow the other way. Get ready Rankin County, you are about to be in the multi-county waste water treatment business, by order of the Feds.
Jackson's best strategy at this point is to not spend another dime on the system.
Back in the 1970's, Mississippi writer Carroll Brinson released one of the best books about the history of Jackson, Mississippi:
"Jackson /A Special Kind of Place"
https://www.amazon.com/Jackson-Special-Place-Carroll-Brinson/dp/B005LYFHU8
It's a great book !
Anyway, if someone should publish a follow up book that covers Jackson history from 1977 until 2020 . . . this would be the perfect title.
"Jackson / The Sewage Must Flow"
Crops gonna grow good in South Mississippi for the next few years!
Jackson has polluted the hell out of the Pearl River & can't provide drinking water that meets EPA standards, but yet a climate change task force for environmental justice is a priority.
Well, at least they can put together a fact finding committee to study the Paris Air Show.
It's a "systemic" problem.
Nothing has properly flowed down the Jackson sewage system in years.
At least Kane Ditto had 1/4 of the shit pipes working . . . (in the system).
Yeah, one could smell it for miles even before the Savanna Street exit.
But at least the raw sewage wasn't flowing into the Pearl River back then.
So yeah, it's a very systemic problem.
@ 3:15.
Can you prove damages?
How long have you owned the property?
How long has Jax been dumping sewage you’re way?
When did it start or has it been that way for the last 100 or so years?
Does it really cause you monetary harm?
About 3 years ago a company from Utah developed a system that would take care of the sewage disposal problem but the City of Jackson didn't want to talk.
Jackson should smoke the pipes and find the infiltration area to fix. Not hard to do.
"Jackson should smoke the pipes and find the infiltration area to fix."
Notice To Stoner: This is not the 'legalize marijuana' thread.
I think the City knows where most of the infiltration problems are, they just don't have the money to fix all of them, and leadership with its head so far up its own butt that they can't prioritize where to start.
Sounds like a pretty crappy situation...
Someone needs to spread the word about Jenkem. People need to know you can get high on byproducts of raw sewage. And the city is giving it away for free!
@ 2:55, yes you can and yes we do blame the most recent administrations for this problem. It was never built to handle this much capacity so the city leaders should have prepared better by modernization of the treatment plant and enlarging it to handle the amount of sewer it can properly take care of for 2 counties. Sure is funny that out in the country the state will threaten a homeowner for sewer drainage on their own property with fines, but to let a municipality run rampant like this is hypocrisy.
The current administration has no idea how to run a city. Water problems, sewer problems, street problems, crime problems........... do I need to say anymore?
Jackson is broke. End of story.
@610 a.m.
If you think those threats that the DEQ or MDOH put on rural folks for sh*t on their property are bad, you need to check your pocketbook at the counter when you see the fines that EPA puts on the City of Jackson every time they have these sewer failures that dump untreated water (largely rainwater, but mixed with untreated sewage so still sh*t).
Although as they say, its hard to get juice out of a turnip. Jackson is broke and their only hope of getting out of this problem with the feds has (according to the street) jumped ship.
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