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That is why we went to remote pump station number nine. a few years ago it was manned, workers were here to ensure it worked properly. but company cost cutters replaced them with new monitors and cameras. in late may, it stopped when both the power and emergency power failed. 5,000 barrels of oil overflowed into a spillway. the company has yet to say what exactly went wrong. mike joyner is the vice president of operations for the alaska pipeline. is that a good idea to have remotely operated pump stations? >> that's the industry standard. most of the standards -- >> i have to stop you, because...

What we're doing now is trying our hardest to work with the state department of health and the state department of environmental management to open as many pump stations as possible, to get our sewer plant back online as soon as possible. the same issues we're having in the neighboring town and to a lesser degree in the city of cranston. that's it at the moment, get the sewer back on its feet and operation alonso we can start to clean up and move forward. >> mayor from rhode island, good luck to you today. >> thank you. >> thank you. bowling has always been a big deal for kids growing up. bi...

This is a city of 120,000 people. they found out on very short notice that their water was going away. they found out overnight as well. one of the pump stations failed on the river as it went up and up and up. a second one failed just north of here in harden county where they get about 30% of their water. and then that was it. the water literally ran out across the city. the river is not meant to crest until tomorrow at this point, which means they can't even get to the place they need to get to. those pumps, it is a major emergency here and keep in mind, all of this on top of the massive, ma...

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