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Residents press Germantown for fixes after April storms; committee orders drainage-easement review
Summary
After extreme rain in April left basements flooded, Germantown officials briefed the committee on the storm's impacts and the committee unanimously directed staff to inspect drainage easements in Cedar Hills and Willowwood and report back with public/private status and possible remedies.
Germantown’s Public Works and Highway Committee heard a technical briefing on the April 14–16 storm and its aftermath and unanimously directed staff to inspect drainage easements in the two neighborhoods most affected by sewage backups.
Tim, village public-works staff, told the committee that Old Farm Lift Station’s certified gauge recorded 7.1 inches for April 12–18 with a 15-minute peak of 0.91 inches on April 14 and an instantaneous rain rate reported as high as 7.7 inches per hour. That intense rain, combined with a large power outage affecting about one-third of the village, disabled residents’ sump pumps and allowed large volumes…
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