The below zero temps and wind chills hit some water pipes at area homes hard this past weekend, but the problem may no be over after the weather starts to warm up.
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The City of Lima Utilities Department urges people to be prepared for the below-zero temperatures that we will be seeing. With wind chills predicted to be near 30-below any crack or open window in your basement or crawlspace could cause a waterline in your home to freeze up. They are also recommending to make sure everyone knows where the main water shutoff is if a pipe bursts.
The department closed the drive-thru at the customer service building on North Central Avenue on Monday morning so they can install a new automated payment kiosk in that location. Until that happens, customers will have to walk inside the customer service building to pay their utility bills. When the kiosk is installed, customers will be able to pay their bills 24 hours a day seven days a week.
The City's contractor, Fer-Pal Infrastructure, will be performing waterline repair work on N. Sugar Street between Findlay Road and Bluelick Road beginning September 6, 2022.
If you're passing by the city reservoirs, you may notice a machine with treads mowing on the banks - it's the remote mower the city bought two years ago.
The City of Lima is asking residents that have catch basins located near their homes to please uncover them. If they are still full of snow and ice, the water coming from the melting snow will begin to cause surface flooding around intersections and into the roadway.
The City of Lima Utilities Department is heading into the last phase of its biggest project ever. The 13 million gallon combined sewer overflow basin is soon to be underground with only interior work needing to be done possibly by the end of 2020. The 40-million dollar project was mandated by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency as part of the consent decree signed by the city. The project is on schedule and on budget. The Utilities Department also completing a 10-million dollar water meter change out with 28-thousand smart meters now in homes. They also made maintenance repairs at both the wastewater and water departments keeping everything online.
The Lima City officials met with the utilities committee to discuss some recent projects. One of them developed about a week ago. The utilities department discovered a small crack on the bank that's adjacent to Lost Creek Reservoir. With all the heavy rain, the crack gradually got bigger and the department knew something had to be done.
With the recent cold snap the region has been experiencing, the Lima Utilities Department wants to remind residents about ways to prevent water pipes from bursting.