re: S&WB: Several pumps went offline due to electric issues during July 10 storm

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not that they don’t know the problems or have the solutions laid out at this point. It is that no one has the will to push them through and figure out the costs involved.

There is at least one study from 2012 which pushed hard to move away from the old 25hz turbines and the pumps they power to using modern 60hz power which is a lot easier to generate and won’t end up with turbines down for long periods of time due to maintenance issues.


All this shite won’t get fixed at once but it would kind of help if the SWB would actually start implementing a solution instead of sleeping on the job or sitting around playing butt darts while the city floods.

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Part of that problem is terrible management of funds. Without the recent tax restructuring there were comments of bankruptcy of sectors in their umbrella even with substantial loan forgiveness projected for them. It’s a train wreck and no one seems to have a plan. Which makes me all the more nervous about sending them more tax dollars