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February 9, 1993
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Barton
In conjunction vith the construction of the metropolitan vastevater treatment
piant and subsequ"tt lmprovements tc Springf i-eld'-s sani tary Se'"ler s:v'stems ' the
LliV ,u.t al-so i"us" certain repairs to be made to private sani tary se-!''el:
.Vii"o,.. There are t\ro primary reasons for this action:
1) Manl'defectS ei:iSt in the private Se!:er system vhich allov storm'u''ater to
enter the sanitary se'*er. es a iesult. milIi-ons of gallons of vater that should
not be entering the sanitary sever must be treated at a gl:eat expense to the
u-cers of this facilit;,'.
2) Many of the problems that exist in the private sanitary sever system are
i".f or'potentlai-i,ea:-th hazards. Broken sever laterals not only al1ov storm
vater to enter the sanitary sever' but they also aLlov rav sevage to escape into
the ground. fn "Jaiiion, faulty sever or drain vents may also a1lov t6xic or
expl6sive sever gases to enter into building'
Recently, several segments of the City's sanitary seve! system vere sr'roke tested
to locate potential iroblem areas. f-he tests on specific segments of the City's
;;";;-"yitLo,, .i.o rlvealed that the private sanitary sever and/or plumbing
drainage system serving your_property contains defects. The defect(s) are
listed in the attachment. pleasl noie that, depending-on the type of defect' it
is not alvays p"tiiU1" to specify the exact.defect or its exact location' For
"r.rpf", ,tLr"l=-"mot<e testitg *.y have. indicated a leak in the sever lateral'
there may be sereial causes t6r tlre 1eak. There may-a1so be-several defects in
if," ".*""sever line. In these cases, although ve viII be able to suggest a
frobable cause and location, and offer as much other information as ve have
lrrif"Uf", it vill be up to you (or a contractor hired by you) to locate and
correct the deficiencies.
please contact Ralph Shav of this office as soon as possible regarding this
matter. Mr. Sh;;-i; assigned to the program and viII assist you in locating and
iJ"riifying ptumU1ng defelts. He vili also respond. to your inspection requests
as repai. o. r"pi".Er"nt vork progresses. If Mr' Shav has not been contacted by
you vithin 30 days, he viII initiate contact'
If you have any questions about this matter, please contact Ralph Shav betveen
the hours of B-9iOO a.m. or 4-5:00 p.m' at 726-3665'
Jeffrey C. and Barbara D. Barton
943 N 4th Street
Springfield, Oregon 91477
RE: SANTTARY SEVER DEFICIENCY AT 943 4TH STREET' SPRINGFIELD' OREGON
Sincerely,
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David J. Puent
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Community Servic s Manager
ADDRESS | 943 No 4th Street
REFERENCE NUI'IBER : 17 0 33521
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INSPECTION DATE: October 28,L992
DEScRTPTToN oF DEFEcT: During the smoke testingsystem, 9r ound smoke appeared on the south sidecarport area, Ground smoke also appeared aroundcolumns and fence, which may indilite there areline that may be defective.
Corrective action may requiredefective sewer line at these
TAx LOT: 07700
of the sanitary sewerof the house in thethe steps ,carportseveral sections of sewer
the replacement of several sections ofvarious locations.
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SSES INFORMATIOI'I AND REPORT FORM
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REFER.ENCE NUI'IBER 2 LJ-9335+Z-
INSPECTI0N DATE: J*rlY-2{ , 1991
IiiS?ECTOR:
TAX LOT: -.e710&
LETTER MAILED: Ae++ber-25r L99L
DATE COMPLETiD:
DESCRIPTI0I,I 0F DEFECT: During the smoi:e testing of the sanitary sever system'
groundsmokeappearedattheStepS.*hichmaybetheresu}t
oi a loose clean-out or a defective Se'rer connector to the house drain'
corrective action may require the repracement of a short section of the sever
line at this l-ocation or-the repair of the cl-ean-out f itting
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