The repairs will help with rainwater runoff and preventing sewer main backups.
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Thursday, December 13, 2012
According to the Norristown Municipal Waste Authority, two construction contracts were awarded for sewer repairs on portions of East Basin, Violet and Buttonwood streets this fall. The improvements are intended to reduce the amount of rainwater entering the sanitary sewer system and in turn help prevent sewer main backups. Work has reportedly already been completed on East Basin and Violet streets and is currently underway in the 500 block of Buttonwood Street. Residents can expect a continued disruption of traffic and parking for the next few weeks. Construction crews are currently replacing sewer mains on the west side of the 500 block of Buttonwood Street between Airy Street and Marshall Street. The Municipal Waste Authority has …
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Officials are planning a nine-month catching-up with quarterly sewer bills.
East Norriton residents are currently billed quarterly for water usage that occurred six months ago, causing the township to foot the bill during the time lag. According to The Times Herald, the billing practice has also generated concerns from residents, who often wonder why their January sewer bills – which reflect summertime water usage – are so high. The township's sewer rates are based on water usage. The nine-month process, approved by the board of supervisors on Sept. 18, will add $750,000 to the township's revenue, beginning July 1, 2013. According to the Herald, starting in July, property owners will receive three consecutive sewer bills for the equivalent of four months' worth of sewer charges. In April 2014, after three such …
Sewer Authority workers put out the fire before firefighters arrived on the scene.
According to The Times Herald, a Municipal Waste Authority worker suffered minor burns to his hands when a fire erupted at a pump outside the sewer plant on East Washington Street shortly after 10 a.m. this morning. “Apparently an employee was filling the gas pump with a gas can and gas got onto the motor,” Norristown Fire Chief Tom O’Donnell told The Herald. Workers on the scene were able to extinguish the fire before firefighters arrived on the scene. The injured man was taken to an area hospital to be treated for burns on both hands. Read more about the incident here.
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