By CARLA SLAVEY
Commonwealth Journal May 6, 2021
May 6, 2021
Somerset Water and Wastewater Department Head Dana Whitis, left, and city Chief Financial Officer Mike Broyles, center, present the water and wastewater budget for the upcoming fiscal year to the Somerset City Council on Tuesday night. Carla Slavey
Mayor Alan Keck presented a good news-bad news situation Tuesday evening to members of the Somerset City Council during the first of several workshops intended to review the cityâs budget before it is officially adopted.
The good news is that they can get an excellent rate on a loan that would allow them to fix equipment at the cityâs wastewater treatment facility.
Kentucky City Threatened by Sewage Lagoon Seeping through Embankment May 6, 2021
A sewage lagoon above a small western Kentucky city is seeping through its embankment and is likely to fail, prompting the mayor to warn residents living downhill to prepare to evacuate if more rains increase the danger.
The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet notified city officials of the seepage at the Smithland Wastewater Treatment Lagoon along Highway 453, WPSD-TV reported, citing a statement from Smithland Mayor Bill Hesser.
City workers were going door to door on Monday to notify people living downhill of the seriousness of the situation, “especially with more rain in the immediate forecast.” The mayor said the city has hired an engineering firm and is working hard “to remediate this very old system as fast as we can.”
May 5, 2021
This photo provided by the Ocean City Fire Department shows the wreckage from a car accident on the Route 90 bridge in Ocean City, Md., on Sunday, May 2, 2021. A bystander jumped over a highway guard rail and into a Maryland bay Sunday to rescue a child who had been thrown from a car and into the water during the crash, according to authorities. The child was ejected from a car on the Route 90 bridge in Ocean City and landed in the Assawoman Bay, the Ocean City Fire Department said in a statement. At least eight people were injured in total, the agency said. (Ocean City Fire Department via AP)
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Mayor: Sewage lagoon embankment seeping, residents warned
A sewage lagoon above a small western Kentucky city is seeping through its embankment and state regulators said it s likely to fail
ByThe Associated Press
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SMITHLAND, Ky. A sewage lagoon above a small western Kentucky city is seeping through its embankment and is likely to fail, prompting the mayor to warn residents living downhill to prepare to evacuate if more rains increase the danger.
The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet notified city officials of the seepage at the Smithland Wastewater Treatment Lagoon along Highway 453, WPSD-TV reported, citing a statement from Smithland Mayor Bill Hesser.
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