A tripped breaker turned one of Rio Rancho’s busiest intersections into an unscheduled flushing station Wednesday. Sewage bubbled up from a manhole near the Walgreens at NM 528 and Southern Boulevard and spread across the pavement.
A power surge tripped a circuit breaker at a nearby wastewater lift station and knocked it offline, according to the City of Rio Rancho. The backup forced wastewater out through the manhole.
The overflow ran into nearby storm drains that feed a city stormwater detention basin. City officials said the spill stayed contained to the stormwater pipe and the basin…