ANSONIA-A collapse of a nearly 100-year old sewer pipe near the Riverwalk on Pershing Drive is threatening the Naugatuck River and businesses including several restaurants located along the busy street which runs into Derby. An emergency bypass was built around the broken pipe allowing a pump manned by Public Works employees 24/7 to redirect the raw sewage around the river to the treatment plant. . “This is an emergency situation,” warned Frank Pepe, owner of Pepe Construction in Derby and the on-all emergency contractor for the city and its Water Pollution Control Authority. “You got a heavy flow coming down from Clifton Avenue.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Huge-sewer-line-collapse-threatens-businesses-13649234.php
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