Water customers in Columbia, South Carolina, were placed under a boil advisory this weekend after historic flooding damaged waterlines throughout the city’s distribution system. The flooding also caused at least nine fatalities, including the death of Department of Transportation worker Timothy Wayne Gibson, who was working on a flooded road when his work truck overturned.The city’s wastewater treatment plant, which is permitted to treat 60 mgd, took in 100 mgd at one point on Saturday. According to an article in The State, the excess water was diverted to a holding basin. One small spill was reported at a pump station.A
