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Recycled water hydrant bursts on Prado Rd.
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and last updated 2021-07-16 22:44:25-04
On Friday morning, a recycled water hydrant in San Luis Obispo burst and sent water shooting into the air.
It happened near the Water Resource Recovery Facility on Prado Rd. Officials with San Luis Obispo City Utilities say they got the call at 11:39 a.m.
Joe Little, Chief Water Operator for the City of San Luis Obispo, said the burst came from a three inch recycled water hydrant.
Water was flowing at full-pressure for about ten minutes, and Little estimated the water loss at roughly eight to ten thousand gallons. He said the proximity to the the water reclamation facility gave the hydrant such strong pressure.
By Mark Hicks and Ben Wilson
The Detroit News
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Detroit The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday said a proposed bipartisan infrastructure deal would upgrade water infrastructure to help Michigan communities in flood-prone areas and replace 10 million lead pipes nationally as well as in Michigan. President Biden and a bipartisan infrastructure framework will help us eliminate these lead pipes, improve the resiliency of our infrastructure, and most importantly, support communities for recovery from disaster, said EPA Administrator Michael Regan.
The EPA administrator toured Water Resource Recovery Facility on Detroit s southwest side before speaking at a press conference with local and elected officials about the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework.
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Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan on Thursday pressed landlords to do their part by cleaning out debris, sanitizing flood-damaged properties and ensuring water heaters and furnaces are functioning. Starting Tuesday, July 20, the city will begin fining landlords $250 a day for failing to respond.
“That s not going to get you out of the legal obligation to do it, it s just going to put $250 a day of fines on top of it,” Duggan said.
In a briefing about Detroit s response to flood damage, Duggan said the city is also looking at short-term basement fixes that may help homeowners in flood-prone neighborhoods. He said some homes were spared from the deluge because they had sump pumps and check valves built in their basements and were perfectly dry.