Blockage causes 200 gallons of sewage overflow from Ann Arbor manhole

A sanitary line manhole cover in Ann Arbor. (Sarah Parlette, WDIV)

ANN ARBOR – Around 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 30, approximately 200 gallons of sewage flowed out of a manhole near the Cloverly Court area.

City of Ann Arbor officials wrote that the overflow was caused by a sewage pipe blockage made up of sealing materials coming from a private project.

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The sewage drained into a catch basin and was vacuumed up by public works staff before it ran into a detention pond.

“The affected road and lawn area were cleaned and treated with a powdered lime to neutralize and accelerate the decomposition of any remaining sewage,” officials wrote in a sanitary notice.

The incident was reported to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy.

Cloverly Court is near Stone School Road on Ann Arbor’s south side.

Learn more about the overflow here.


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