DPW chief vows stinky road spill won't happen again.Byline: Matthew Bruun FITCHBURG - The city's deputy public works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. commissioner for wastewater pledged that a spill like the one that splashed splash v. splashed, splash·ing, splash·es v.tr. 1. To propel or scatter (a fluid) about in flying masses. 2. across a Leominster intersection Tuesday afternoon will not happen again. Joseph Jordan said a six-wheeled dump truck was carrying material cleaned from a massive settling tank The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. at the city's wastewater treatment plant Wastewater treatment plant also called wastewater treatment works
The city plant is reached from that intersection in Leominster. About a cubic yard of the foul-smelling material spilled over the top of the truck and into the intersection, but the driver apparently did not notice the spill and continued to a public works staging area staging area n. A place where troops or equipment in transit are assembled and processed, as before a military operation. Noun 1. on Airport Road, Mr. Joseph said. The material created an offensive odor odor (o´der) a volatile emanation perceived by the sense of smell. o·dor n. 1. The property or quality of a thing that affects, stimulates, or is perceived by the sense of smell. but did not pose a threat to public health or safety, he said. Mr. Joseph spoke about the issue at Mayor Lisa A. Wong's weekly news conference yesterday. Crews were summoned to the intersection to contain the spill with lime, which was then vacuumed by street cleaners. "The majority of the mess was clean by 4 o'clock that afternoon," Mr. Joseph said. Another cleaning crew went back to the scene yesterday morning to wash down the area. Mr. Joseph said the department will review its policies in the wake of the accident. The settling tanks, measuring approximately 35 feet in diameter, were covered about 10 years ago as an odor-controlling measure after complaints from nearby residents and businesses. The tanks had not been cleaned since, Mr. Joseph said. A second tank remains to be cleaned, but a different procedure will be followed to take the material from the scene to the staging area, he said. "I can say this will not happen again," he said. |
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