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Water staff reports 30-hour power outage; council urged to fund generator wiring and resilience
Summary
Public-works staff reported a roughly 30-hour power outage that forced bypass pumping, strained portable pumps and caused significant diesel-fuel usage; staff warned several lift stations lack wired generator hookups and urged future budgeting for resilience upgrades.
Water department staff (Speaker 6) told the Lebanon City Council on April 30 that a recent power outage left several lift stations without power for about 30 hours and required bypass pumping and portable pumps to avoid a sanitary sewer overflow.
"We are out about 30 hours with that power outage... the plant was out until 30 hours after it started," Speaker 6 said, describing…
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