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Author:
bigoutdoors
Date:
May 25, 2009
Subject:
Avoid Contact With Conn. River
Message:
Officials: Avoid Contact With Conn. River Electrical Outage At Waste Water Plant May Have Affected Water, Officials Say POSTED: 10:36 am EDT May 25, 2009 UPDATED: 3:16 pm EDT May 25, 2009 ENFIELD, Conn. -- Full power was restored to the Enfield Wastewater Treatment Plant on Monday afternoon after a warning was issued to residents about possible contamination to the Connecticut River. Department of Environmental Protection officials said the wastewater discharged from the water pollution control facility was once again being treated properly as of 1:30 p.m. Residents were warned early Monday to avoid direct contact with the water in the Connecticut River between Enfield and Middletown. Though power has been restored, they said residents shouldn't wade or swim in the river until Tuesday. Officials said an electrical outage caused by a fire in an electrical panel sometime after 10 p.m. on Sunday disrupted the treatment of wastewater being discharged from the Enfield facility. Electrical contractors were called to the scene to repair the damage caused by the fire. While the full power needed for sanitary treatment was knocked out overnight, officials said systems allowing for the primary treatment of the waste through settling were still functioning. They said that meant no solid particles were discharged into the river. Center officials said workers put a portable generator in place for the disinfection system Monday morning until power was completely restored. Officials said the plant discharges about four million gallons of treatment wastewater into the Connecticut River each day
Author:
Johnny Skeeter
Date:
May 25, 2009
Message:
Yummy.......
Author:
BoSox46GSR
Date:
May 25, 2009
Message:
Too bad for those kids I saw swimming today... sucks to be them! Kinda wish I knew this before I fished there today...
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