Hard rains produce flooding in Girard, road washout in Braceville

GIRARD

City workers continue to check for blockages in sanitary sewers that caused water to back up into basements of homes on several streets Wednesday.

Jerry Lambert, Girard service director, said workers concentrated their efforts in the areas of North St. Clair Street, Washington Avenue and Ward Avenue.

They flushed lines, but water levels were still too high in some pipes Thursday morning to place cameras inside to look for blockages.

Hard rains Tuesday night and Wednesday morning left 3 feet of sewage water in the basement of one home and a couple feet of water in others. In some cases, the water blew off manhole covers.

Lambert said officials believe they have an idea how to get the water flowing normally again and estimate they will have the problems fixed “in a few days.”

The same areas experienced flooding Aug. 2, he said.

Read more in Friday's Vindicator.