The City of Williams Lake is asking residents to shift to essential water use only after high water flows resulted in a sewer line break in the River Valley’s Sewage Treatment Lagoons just before noon today.
Residents are urged to keep baths, showers, laundry, dish-washing and even flushing the toilet to a minimum as crews rush to temporarily fix the ruptured pipe and the causeway. Reducing water use will help to temporarily stop the flow of sewage through the affected pipe.
The temporary repair will include replacing the rupt, collaring the new piece and reburying it in gravel. A geotechnical assessment is also underway.
The City typically produces about 80 litres of effluent per second. The sewage being released has been partly treated through grit removal.
Residents will be advised as soon as the repairs have been completed.
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