Saturday, April 25, 2009
Valley City Disaster
The Sewer in VALLEY CITY, N.D Fails The mayor Mary Lee Nielson asks for all non-essesential business’s to close down shops and for any one able to evacuate to do soo. The flooded sheyenne River is creating problems for the dikes and the sewer system the Valley City’s Sewer collapsed under all the pressure from the rising sheyenne river. Crews were brought in to reroute the sewer lines the sewer system was built above ground and routed to the sheyenne river to release sewage into the river for temporary use until the river resides and repairs can be made. The water was safe to drink but they didn’t not want anyone flushing toilets takeing showers and washing clothes or dishes because of the overly full sewage system. If residents need use the restrooms there were 222 portable toilets placed all throughout Valley City until sewage system is fixed and some of the residents of Valley City where catching the water and dumping it outside just to be able to take showers until things get back to normal. Valley city roads where also facing a pounding from all of the heavy equipment driving on them hauling all the loads dirt for the dikes. Valley City looks to be hit hard with allot of work to get everything back to normal I think it may take more than this summer to clean up the mess and hopefully the city will be able to recover from this crisis. It will be interesting to see what kind of help the government will give the town in aids the city will be relying on this heavily and I hope for the best.
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This flood has costed more than anyone could have expected. How many of the roads do you think have had their life cut in half because of all the heavy trucks? And after taking a drive out in the country and looking at all the roads that are gonna have to be rebuilt this summer, I have to believe the counties are gonna have to hire more help just to deal with this flooding. Hopefully the aid coming from the government is gonna be enough to help out the counties, but I hate how most of the counties are waiting for the aid to start on the roads!
ReplyDeleteThe sewer lines breaking in Valley City was really bad. For one it made things difficult for people to do the things that needed to be done daily. Diverting the sewage into the river also wasn’t very good. It had to be done, but what will the consequences be. Will it affect the wildlife in and along the river? What will happen farther down river when it meets with the Red River and eventually Hudson Bay?
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