S. Walnut Project to Remedy Area Sewage Overflows

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Boomington’s Public Works Department is working on a sewage interceptor project at the intersection of S. Walnut and Grimes.

Utilities Public Affairs Specialist Jon Callahan said, although the street and curbs will look the same when construction is done next month, the difference to area residents should be immense. Callahan said the project should stop the high number of sewage overflows along S. Walnut. He said a deluge of rain can overflow the city’s old sewer infrastructure, causing treated sewage to leak into streets and creeks. Callahan said the new sewer interceptor project will reduce the number of sewage overflows in the area, and replace outdated clay sewage pipes with newer plastic ones.

The city is expected to complete the project early August.