Downtown sewer cleaning in progress
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This article was published 13/10/2021 (1812 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Roving packs of trucks are coming to a downtown street near you.
Two sets of vehicles from Winnipeg-based business Uni-Jet Industrial Pipe Services are roaming around the Wheat City for the next few weeks to clean out sediment and other debris from the wastewater and storm sewers.
Once they’re cleared out, that will allow municipal staff to go down into them to inspect them, Brandon’s acting manager of infrastructure Kyle Winters told the Sun on Wednesday.
“They will remove most of the sediment from the pipes to be able to get a proper inspection, but if there are any roots or anything like that requiring additional cutting or removal, our sewer and water guys will be notified and they’ll have to go back and complete that work,” he said.
Though the forecast called for rain on Wednesday and Thursday, Winters said that despite warning notices alerting residents that some basement flooding could occur, the city does not believe that will be a problem.
Part of the reason for that is that the tool being inserted into the sewers to spray water has a camera on board to monitor the situation. If the water flow in the area being worked on becomes too strong, workers can dial back the pressure of the water coming from the machinery.
A copy of one of the notices handed out to residents sent to the Sun recommends that homeowners in affected areas should close lids on all toilet bowls when not in use, insert drain plugs in sinks and bathtubs when not in use, remove floor mats from bathrooms, place old towels near the base of toilets, ensure that float plugs and backwater valves are working properly and wrap basement floor drains with thick plastic in case of potential water seepage.
On Thursday, one crew was working on wastewater sewers along Princess Avenue near where it meets 18th Street and another was cleaning out storm sewers along First Street.
Winters said that residents in areas being worked on should receive advance notice three days before it starts. If conditions force work to be delayed or rescheduled, residents should receive another notice updating them on when work will be carried out.
According to him, the cleaning and inspection program started last year and the goal is to have it become a yearly occurrence from now on.
The scope of the work will take crews through all of downtown Brandon, from Pacific Avenue to Victoria Avenue north-to-south and from 1st Street to 18th Street east to west.
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