Work will be done to repair a water line in downtown Steubenville on Wednesday.It will take place along 7th Street between Market and Adams streets, as workers
This time of year, especially with those changing temperatures, hiccups in infrastructure are inevitable, especially in water lines.But a new program for Steube
As the winter season approaches, water main breaks are common in the Ohio Valley.To prepare for the potential freezing temperatures, Jefferson County Sewer and
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STEUBENVILLE – Water Superintendent Jim Jenkins told City Council Tuesday water production is headed in the right direction.
“Hopefully, we’ll be lifting the conservation order tomorrow and it will be business as usual,” Jenkins said. “This wasn’t a crisis, but it was close: People still had water, we just asked residents to use it wisely. The ones that conserved, it made a difference.”
Jenkins had issued the conservation notice Friday after determining the plant’s super-pulsators weren’t performing correctly and the plant was struggling to produce enough water to properly supply the city’s needs.”
“When I left work Thursday, we were struggling, but still managing to produce enough water,” he said. “But when I came in Friday morning, (tanks and wells) were low, we were on the verge of a crisis, on the verge of losing water production in most of the city.”
Feb 6, 2021
Michael D. McElwain
WATER PROBLEMS â Problems at Steubenvilleâs water filtration plant has caused concerns and resulted in a request for water customers to conserve water âto the greatest extent possible.â Cold temperatures and other factors are to blame, city officials said.
STEUBENVILLE – Three years after a series of line breaks and broken valves left parts of the city without water for nearly two weeks, Mother Nature is again wreaking havoc – this time, blanketing the community with cold temperatures that have compromised a key part of the filtration system.
On Friday, Water Superintendent Jim Jenkins asked residents to conserve water “to the greatest extent possible” due to “unfortunate circumstances at the filtration plant” triggered by prolonged periods of cold.