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Show Bountiful Sewer Diverted BOUNTIFUL Raw sewage sew-age that had been seeping into Barton Creek through a broken sewage line has been temporarily diverted into a nearby sewer line, it was announced this week. RESIDENTS OF the neighborhood neigh-borhood where the break is located, lo-cated, on Lakeview Drive near 900 South and 1350 East, said the sewage has been floating into the stream from about four or five homes since May 31. The break reportedly occurred occur-red w hen flood waters undermined under-mined a culvert, causing a break in the pipe which is about ab-out 40 feet above the creek bed and 12 feet below the level of the road, according to Bob Carlson, city water superintendent. superin-tendent. HE SAID a special section of pipe is being delivered that can be suspended across the gap and attatched to the broken pipe. Then workmen will have to be suspended from a crane to fit the pipe into place. The sewage was diverted into another line as a temporary tempor-ary measure after citizens complained at a city council meeting last Wednesday night that raw sewage was flowing into the open stream. |