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~ ~i i ~i iii iiii <br /> ~i <br /> ii ~ i'~~.-ter <br /> ~ iii ?i ~ i= <br /> <br /> ~r? <br /> JANUARY 14, 1995 Public Works <br /> Administration <br /> City of Eugene <br /> CONTACT Peter Ruffier, Wastewater Division Director, 984-8620 858 Pearl Street <br /> Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> (503) 687-5262 <br /> From Publi Information Section, 687-5523 <br /> FOR DIATE RELEASE <br /> EUG NE PUBLIC WORKS RESUMES NORMAL SEWER OPERATIONS <br /> No al operation of Eugene's sanitary sewage collection system was restored at 3 <br /> a.m. Saturd y. Due to exceptionally heavy rains, Friday evening a temporary bypass was <br /> opened that released sanitary sewage directly into the Willamette River near the Greenway <br /> Bicycle Bri ge. <br /> The City of Eugene determined that bypassing the Fillmore pump station was <br /> necessary t relieve flow in the regional sewage collection system. The heavy flow in the <br /> sewage line was caused by infiltration and inflow into the sewer system of water from the <br /> very heavy rains over the past week. The use of emergency overflow from a sanitary sewer <br /> system is a common engineering practice designed to protect public and private property from <br /> sewage bac ps and spills. <br /> Any bacteria present in the sewage released during the bypass should have quickly <br /> dispersed i the high waters of the Willamette River. The overflow should not have harmed <br /> fish or wil life. <br /> I <br /> <br />