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Canterbury Elementary hit by sewage backup after March storm; district, city engineers weigh fixes
Summary
A sewage backup at Canterbury Elementary after a March 27 storm prompted immediate cleanup, a filed insurance claim, and engineering recommendations including backflow prevention or a detention tank. Edinburg CISD and the City of Edinburg agreed to meet once the district's engineer finishes a report.
Canterbury Elementary in Edinburg experienced a sewage backup after the March 27 rain event that left standing water in hallways, the library and the gym and prompted an overnight mitigation effort.
Dustin Garza, ECISD insurance manager, said Servpro crews began mitigation Sunday night at about 8:40 p.m. and worked until roughly 2 a.m. to disinfect and remove sewage water so the campus could open Monday. Principal Ricardo Perez discovered the standing sewage on Sunday when he returned to the campus to retrieve his laptop and notified district maintenance and facilities staff, Garza said.
Why it happened: Isael Posadas of SDI Engineering told the committee the campus sits at a lower elevation than surrounding streets and that district sewer lines tie into a city line that can become pressurized during flood events. "In my opinion, the reason that we had the issue with Canterbury ... is that this line was backed up, and what happened when the…
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