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Residents in an Inverness neighborhood are fed up after dealing with a sewer leak for nearly a year, and they’re ready to flush the smelly headache down the drain.“I was taking our dog on a walk, and I was talking to my neighbor, and she was like, ‘Hey, do you think there’s something wrong with our plumbing here?’” said Ian Stone, a Cambrian Wood neighbor.Stone said he first noticed the problem while doing laundry. He said he thought it was coming from the water.Cambrian Wood neighbor Leslie Stone said she’s heard sewage spewing out from a manhole cover near her apartment.“I want to feel like my child is taken care of, my animals are taken care of,” Cambrian Wood resident Leslie Shadwick said. “Most importantly, the community that I live in.”Shadwick said she was told by employees with the city and Clear Water Solutions, a company providing maintenance services to Hoover, the pipes were old. She believes this caused two ongoing sewer leaks behind the townhomes.“It smells like lingering body gas, if you will,” Stone said.“It was so bad last week that it was inside my home,” Shadwick said.She said she’s reached out to the city of Hoover multiple times for help, but nothing has changed.“I’ve been told for at least a month now that somebody would be out,” Shadwick said.A statement from the city of Hoover said it’s working to resolve any potential issues with the sanitary sewer system in this area. A contractor is scheduled to be in this area within the next few weeks or sooner, depending on the weather. We will have our maintenance and operations consultant, clearwater solutions, continue to investigate this area for leaks and odor issues immediately.But Shadwick and Stone feel like they’re getting the runaround.“It infuriates me,” Shadwick said. “I just feel like they don’t care. They don’t want to fix the problem.”These neighbors said they love their community, but they wish city officials would appreciate it, too.“It’s more of a nuisance than anything and something that we shouldn’t have to live with if it is fixable, especially if it’s on the responsibility of the city,” Stone said.
SHELBY COUNTY, Ala. —
Residents in an Inverness neighborhood are fed up after dealing with a sewer leak for nearly a year, and they’re ready to flush the smelly headache down the drain.
“I was taking our dog on a walk, and I was talking to my neighbor, and she was like, ‘Hey, do you think there’s something wrong with our plumbing here?’” said Ian Stone, a Cambrian Wood neighbor.
Stone said he first noticed the problem while doing laundry. He said he thought it was coming from the water.
Cambrian Wood neighbor Leslie Stone said she’s heard sewage spewing out from a manhole cover near her apartment.
“I want to feel like my child is taken care of, my animals are taken care of,” Cambrian Wood resident Leslie Shadwick said. “Most importantly, the community that I live in.”
Shadwick said she was told by employees with the city and Clear Water Solutions, a company providing maintenance services to Hoover, the pipes were old. She believes this caused two ongoing sewer leaks behind the townhomes.
“It smells like lingering body gas, if you will,” Stone said.
“It was so bad last week that it was inside my home,” Shadwick said.
She said she’s reached out to the city of Hoover multiple times for help, but nothing has changed.
“I’ve been told for at least a month now that somebody would be out,” Shadwick said.
A statement from the city of Hoover said it’s working to resolve any potential issues with the sanitary sewer system in this area. A contractor is scheduled to be in this area within the next few weeks or sooner, depending on the weather. We will have our maintenance and operations consultant, clearwater solutions, continue to investigate this area for leaks and odor issues immediately.
But Shadwick and Stone feel like they’re getting the runaround.
“It infuriates me,” Shadwick said. “I just feel like they don’t care. They don’t want to fix the problem.”
These neighbors said they love their community, but they wish city officials would appreciate it, too.
“It’s more of a nuisance than anything and something that we shouldn’t have to live with if it is fixable, especially if it’s on the responsibility of the city,” Stone said.
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