Sanitary sewer overflows in Parchment, discharging about 100 gallons of material

PARCHMENT, Mich. — Crews finished repairs at a sanitary lift station in Parchment after a sewer overflowed about 100 gallons of material Sunday.

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City officials said the sanitary sewage overflowed from a manhole located on the 600 block of Haymac Drive. Public service investigators said it was cause by equipment failure from the sanitary lift station.

Staff stopped the overflow around 5:50 p.m. Sunday, July 12, 2020.

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They finished repairs and notified the Michigan Department of Environmental, Great Lakes and Energy at the Kalamazoo District Office and the Kalamazoo County Environmental Health Unit of the spill.