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Augusta deploys humming tool to find clogged sewers

...and getting some curious stares, too."People hear us and say, 'What is that thing?' " said Au gus ta Utilities Department worker Tyrone Brown, who operates the city's new SL-RAT, which stands for Sewer Line Rapid Assessment Tool...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-19/augusta-deploys-humming-tool-
Augusta deploys humming tool to find clogged sewers

...and getting some curious stares, too."People hear us and say, 'What is that thing?' " said Au gus ta Utilities Department worker Tyrone Brown, who operates the city's new SL-RAT, which stands for Sewer Line Rapid Assessment Tool...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-19/augusta-deploys-humming-tool-
Commission to discuss buying building, renovating old library

An ambitious relocation plan for Augusta Utilities Department that includes the purchase of a Laney-Walker Boulevard building and renovation of the former downtown Augusta library goes before...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-04-21/commission-discuss-buyin
Bleach spill resolved with use of chemical dechlorination

...during the weekend to avoid adverse impacts to nearby Rocky Creek.The accident occurred Friday at the Augusta Utilities Department's Peach Orchard Road office, when a pump failed to turn off after loading 12.5 percent bleach solution from...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-03-18/bleach-spill-resolved-use-che
Savannah River monitoring data to be offered online

...track of water temperatures that affect fish movement, he said.Beneficiaries of the project include the Augusta Utilities Department, which spends millions of dollars each year treating wastewater that is returned to the river under permits administered...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-03-21/savannah-river-monitoring-dat
Commissioners want harsher punishment for conflict of interest

...asked him to make, but acknowledged Smith Brothers had performed two other jobs at Fort Gordon, where a city Utilities department construction project contractor hired Smith's firm as a subcontractor.Smith denied knowing the city had the construction...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-03-25/commissioners-want-harsh
Roadwork to limit Aiken traffic

AIKEN -- The Aiken Utilities Department will close the intersection of Barnwell Avenue NE and Union Street NE on Monday for sewer line repairs.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-05/roadwork-limit-aiken-traffic
Commissioner's business did other work under city contract

...who joined the city from a job at Tetra Tech, said he was unaware of any other commissioner doing business on Utilities Department contracts.Smith defended his company Friday as he has done previously for service calls it did at Augusta 911...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-03-01/commissioners-business-d
Commissioners' requests to be discussed

...sheriff's office, the 911 center, the Rich mond County Cor rectional Insti tute, Augusta Re gion al Airport and the utilities department.Such requests extend beyond the law department and sometimes leave department heads scrambling to assemble information...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-03-10/commissioners-requests-b
Hundreds of dead fish found after bleach spill

An accidental spill that sent 300 gallons of bleach into a storm drain last week appears to have caused a fish kill in a tributary of Rocky Creek, according to the Augusta Utilities Department.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-03-21/hundreds-dead-fish-found-afte