News Briefs: ​Sandpaper Blockage Floods Connecticut Wastewater Plant

The town of Wallingford, Connecticut, could soon pay more than $100,000 in plant repairs after sandpaper clogged its wastewater treatment system. In late September, an automatic alert informed an on-call operator about a blockage, and stormwater had backed up and flooded part of the facility. Cleanup is expected to cost between $100,000 and $150,000. The material clogging the system was 50 to 80 feet of paper for a belt-sander. It’s unclear how the sandpaper entered the system. Austin Ends Boil-Water Advisory The city of Austin, Texas, faced a boil-water advisory for several days as the city struggled to deal with