If you enjoy watching..........................

................................construction projects, this video is for you:

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The back story:   More than 100 years ago, very large, hand-laid brick sewer lines were installed through Newark's downtown.  These lines handled both sanitary and storm sewer.  They were, for the most part, fairly effective.  Torrential rains, which we get from time to time,  were a bit of a problem.   The surge of storm water from deluges had the tendency to overflow the sanitary sewer treatment facility, causing raw sewage to enter the Licking River, south and east of Newark.  Not much of a problem for Newark, but our friends downstream were not very happy with the situation.  For the past twenty-five years of so, the EPA has been telling Newark to fix the problem.  The fix is very expensive.  It took The City of Newark quite a while to develop their solution.   The above video captures the first phase of the fix.  The old combination sewer is being replaced with new, separated, sanitary and storm sewer lines.  It is a bit of a mess in downtown Newark right now, but the finished product (18 months away?) should be great.