We had some really bad rains on Wed March 9th and all the Bubbling Manholes were bubbling again.

This time the city put notices the little warning stands out to stay away from the contaminated water as it was raw sewage.

The manholes are tied to sanitary sewers which are still tied to some storm drains.

The manholes on 23rd St between BI-Lo and 4th Avenue/Kelly all were overflowing too with the same warning signs.

The Manhole at 20th and Kelly was bubbling again with the same sign posted
The Manhole at 14th and Watkins was bubbling again with the same sign posted.

When is the city going to fix these?
They were supposed to be fixed Years ago.
I reported this to Click Fix in 2009.

Liz Henley reported 11 months ago that the Highland Park Sub-basin (which these manhole are in) would be the first area to have a model for a hydraulic system which would take 12 months. It might be nice to hear a progress report since we are coming up on that 12 month date.

Of course a "model" is meaningless unless it is implemented so I'd also like to hear the status of implementation as well.

I know the economy is bad, but this issue will still need to be investigated and resolved.
I think it would be far more practical to separate the storm water from the sanitary sewer in this area, it's connected somewhere along that line of bubbling manholes or just up or down stream of them.
This is a carryover from the EPA 1990-1995 Moratorium. (see earlier comments)

(Note: none of these manholes I am reporting are in the boundaries of the Highland Park Neighborhood Association - a couple of their folks can be a bit techy when the H word is mentioned, lol so I am mentioning to soothe their potential ruffled feathers)