More sewer overflows reported in Fairfield

Frequent rain last week produced an all-too-common problem for the city of Fairfield – wastewater overflows. Approximately 420,000 gallons of untreated wastewater was discharged from the sanitary sewer Friday and Saturday. Wastewater plant superintendent Shawn Worley said the city noted overflows at five sites in town. The surface soil was already saturated at the beginning of last week because of frequent rain ...