Pump failure causes sewage spill near Portland

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Sewage backs up, flows into Columbia Slough

"A problem with a pump working near the Portland International Airport caused about 25,000 gallons of sewage to spill into the Columbia Slough over the weekend.

The construction company building a new airport light rail station set up the pump to temporarily bypass a section of sewer pipe where construction crews are installing a new storm sewer.

The pump failed Saturday night, causing sewage to back up and overflow into storm drains that lead to the Columbia Slough."

http://www.seattlep-i.com/local/brfs019.shtml

-- d (d@d.com), February 01, 2000

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