Courtesy Timberline Landscaping
Subzero temperatures saw Colorado Springs Fire Department crews responding to fire sprinkler system ruptures at three local hospitals on Feb. 15.Â
The breaks â at Centura Healthâs Penrose Hospital and St. Francis Medical Center, and UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central â were among widespread problems caused by a freezing Valentineâs Day weekend. Â
âSprinklers are designed typically not to be in areas subject to freezing, but all kinds of things can happen,â Deputy Fire Marshal Kris Cooper said. âLots of times those systems run through attic spaces, dropped ceilings and mechanical spaces.â
The department responds to alarms that go off automatically when sprinkler lines activate.
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A tub used in anodizing aluminum parts fills with metal-heavy water. Courtesy Qualtek Manufacturing Inc.
An average of 38 million gallons of wastewater flow into Colorado Springs Utilities wastewater treatment plants every single day, but that doesnât mean anything can be flushed down the drain.
Of the 144,000 customers sending liquid waste into those systems, Colorado Springs Utilities identifies 27 as âsignificant industrial usersâ (SIUs), many of which handle toxic metals in their day-to-day operations. Depending on their location, waste from SIUs can be sent to one of two processing plants in Colorado Springs: the J.D. Phillips Water Resource Recovery Facility or the Las Vegas Street Water Resource Recovery Facility.Â
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Utility providers are calculating the costs they will need to charge in order to make up for natural gas purchases made during the peak of the deep freeze that occurred around Valentine's Day.