Indiana Town Awards Sewer Contract
The City of Bloomington Utilities Service Board has awarded a $6.9 million project to Greeley & Hansen for improvements to the aging infrastructure of the South Central Interceptor Sewer, located along South Walnut Street from Davis Street to Gordon Pike. As part of the project, 12,000 feet of new sewer main will be installed.
The majority of the work should be completed by December 2017, with the rest completed by August 2018.
“The infrastructure upgrades to the South Central Interceptor strengthen the area and will eliminate the chronic sanitary sewer overflow location near Grimes Lane,” said CBU Director Vic Kelson. “Also, this is critical infrastructure to support Switchyard Park and the increase in commerce we expect along this corridor in the coming years.”
Sanitary sewers, some of which date as far back as 1910, primarily consist of clay pipe and can date all the way back to 1910. When the groundwater level is at or above the sewer elevation, the joints in the older clay pipes are not sufficiently watertight to prevent the infiltration of stormwater and an overflow can occur.
For more information about the project, visit bloomington.in.gov/utilities.
Related News
From Archive
- Ohio trench collapse kills one worker, injures two during pipe installation
- Inside Sempra’s 72-mile pipeline with 18 major trenchless crossings
- Dominion proposes 186-mile underground HVDC power line across Virginia
- Trump vetoes bill to finish $1.3 billion Colorado water pipeline
- Infrastructure failure releases 100,000 gallons of wastewater in Houston; repairs ongoing
- Glenfarne Alaska LNG targets late-2026 construction start for 807-mile pipeline project
- Massive water line failure leaves majority of Waterbury without service
- Infrastructure failure releases 100,000 gallons of wastewater in Houston; repairs ongoing
- Construction jobs stumble into 2026 after weak year
- Worm-like robot burrows underground to cut power line installation costs
Comments