Mayor Will Purdie expects the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) to endorse the measures Clinton is taking to address what Purdie calls “a long-standing issue” with its sewer system.
In a letter dated September 10, an MDEQ case manager gave the City thirty days to provide a written response spelling out permanent corrective actions to be taken to prevent sewer overflows into Lindsey Creek near Maudedith Lane, which, the agency said, date back to at least 1996.
Purdie says a response was filed, advising MDEQ that some sewer flow has been redirected to help ease the strain on that portion of the system, and he says the City is beginning some flow and level monitoring, “which should give us a really good idea of what exactly is going on and some ways to address it.”…