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After a rainy night Monday through Tuesday in Kaunas, residents of Žemieji Šančiai said they had drowned in their feces. Smelly water from a broken sewer pipe covered some parcels and basements of residential houses. After the incident, specialists from the company Kauno vandenys say they have started looking for the reason and, if necessary, promise to cover the section that has become the cause of the problem.
Flooded plots
“At the end of 19th Street in Kranto, the area is flooded with water due to a broken sewer pipe, which was built in the city through our property in Soviet times. In two places, water flowed through the sources, And now there is as much water on Kranto 20th Street as there is on the lake!
According to the interlocutor, the “lake” began to fill with water from June 9 and is growing every day.
“We dug a ditch towards Nemunas, so it has now been filled with water throughout the entire neighboring plot. We notified the Kauno Vandenai emergency service, we also sent photos to the environmentalists. Upon arrival, the staff from the The emergency just lifted the cover of the sewer well and verified that it was in order. And the leaky pipeline was not inspected because the water was not running out at the time. Now after the rain it is back to being the “lake”, Jūratė said.
On our plot, we also can’t see where the water is running because it is flooded, not only feces and toilet paper scanners, but also cellophane chips are floating. The smell is terrible!
Feces floated to the surface.
Due to a messy sewer system, when the water ran under high pressure, according to the resident, a well recently broke on Kranto’s 19th street and the asphalt pavement was destroyed.
“He rebuilt the well, but maybe a couple of days later, when it was raining, its cap was lifted again, and the neighbor’s parcel and basement were flooded to the knees. Those feces floated around. On our plot, we also can’t see where the water is running because it is flooded, not only feces and toilet paper scanners, but also cellophane chips are floating. The smell is terrible! This is an ecological pump! If the aforementioned ditch had not been dug, we would be submerged in the door! I don’t know what to do, in my opinion “Kauno vandenys” needs to replace a pipeline that was illegally laid in Soviet times, “says Kaunas, offering a way to solve the current problem.
Upon arrival at the scene, they were unable to take samples for examination.
Jurgita Sadauskaitė, director of the Kaunas Environmental Protection Inspectorate Board, interviewed by journalists from the Kauno Diena newspaper on Tuesday, said that environmentalists are aware of the problem in Žemučiai Šančiai because specialists came to the scene on 19th street in Kranto .
“As the storm water system and the domestic sewage network are close to each other, in case of heavy rains, overflows and accidents like this occur, because the routes are old in some places,” explained the representative of the Inspection of Kaunas Environmental Protection.
Speaking about the aforementioned specialist visit, J. Sadauskaitė mentioned that the person who reported the incident requested that samples be taken, but Environmental Inspection officials did not notice any leaks from the pipeline or anywhere else.
“The man who reported the disaster, with whom I spoke, promised to send a video recording how it was on Tuesday at 5 p.m. In the morning, feces ran out of the well due to blocked tracks. He wanted us to take samples, but there has to be a source to run from, there were no more runs at this time. In the morning we were not notified of such an accident by phone, we discovered it around noon. I promised the person who would report to “Kauno vandenys” that they would at least flush the surface contamination with the equipment. We will also apply to the Municipality of the City of Kaunas to request that the sewage route be analyzed in the near future and that decisions be made on the renewal of the route, ”he said.
Looking for a reason
As Rimas Stunžėnas, acting head of Kauno Vandenys Production Department, told Kauno Diena, the situation on Kranto 19th Street after residents requested the emergency service is also known to the company.
“Due to heavy rains in the networks, when the level of the sewage increased, the section of the network was verified with TV diagnostic equipment. The reason why surface water enters the network is currently being determined. domestic sewer The task has already been prepared for the contractors so that the nets will be washed, inspected repeatedly and, if exact defects were identified, the section would be covered, “R. Stunžėnas emphasized.
When asked about the information mentioned by the residents of Žemosios Šančiai regarding a pipeline that could be illegally placed through the territory in Soviet times, a representative of Kauno Vandenai said he could neither confirm nor deny it, but promised to be interested.
According to the head of the Kaunas Environmental Protection Inspectorate, in the event of such an accident in sewer networks such as Kranto 19th Street, residents should immediately call the emergency number 112 and report the incident and call the emergency service . Furthermore, J. Sadauskaitė emphasized that, in such cases, it is possible to request sampling directly from the Environmental Protection Agency laboratory.
Photo by Vilmantas Raupelis.
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