Standoff continues over fragile sewer pipe

Local 10 Tuesday 17th April, 2012

MIAMI - A standoff over location is holding up the replacement of an aging sewage pipe under Government Cut Tuesday, while Miami-Dade County engineers warn of imminent rupture.The force main carries 25 million gallons of human waste each day from the county's coastal communities to the treatment plant on Virginia Key. County engineers are under pressure to complete the process before PortMiami begins its deep dredge project and, more immediately...

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