A video surfacing on Fb yesterday of uncooked sewage overflowing from Islamorada’s North Plantation Key Wastewater pump station sparked considerations from the group.
On Thursday afternoon, the village mentioned the North Plantation Key Switch Station at MM 90 is present process cleansing as required to correctly preserve the system and its related gear. Through the course of on Wednesday, one of many pump consumption strains grew to become clogged which restricted the movement. The village mentioned workers promptly responded and restored the pump to full operation.
The overflow was instantly stopped and all effluent remained onsite and is being cleaned up as required, the village mentioned.
A cleanup course of is anticipated to take roughly two weeks.
In line with the village, the clog within the line was attributable to extreme “rags” within the system. These “rags” include non-flushable objects akin to “flushable” wipes, tampons, condoms, paper towels and different particles getting into the system.
“We ask for the group’s cooperation in correctly disposing of this stuff to stop future points,” the village mentioned in a Fb submit on Thursday.
The village wastewater system features a vacuum assortment system with a vacuum pump station positioned on Decrease Matecumbe Key, Higher Matecumbe Key, south Plantation Key, center Plantation Key and on Sunshine Boulevard in North Plantation Key. There’s one other vacuum pump station and a re-pump station positioned in North Plantation Key, not removed from Plantation Key College and subsequent to newly-constructed Habitat for Humanity properties.
As soon as collected, all effluent is transmitted by way of the pressure primary to Key Largo Wastewater Therapy District for remedy and disposal.
In case of a wastewater emergency, residents are requested to name the hotline at 305-359-0813.