When the city flooded five years ago a lot of our infrastructure was ruined. For example, all of the lift stations (pumps that keep the sewer lines flowing, not to be confused with the pumps that get rid of storm water) were ruined. Here is a picture of one such station that I go past just about every day, usually twice. It is on a busy street, a main artery near my house. The little white stucco building is the old lift station. The blue machine parked on the side of the street is the replacement.
It is some measure of how poorly we do things here that we are still operating this important function with a private contractor who is leasing the equipment to the city. This has already cost us more than it would have to repair or replace the old pumps. Plus it stinks.
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