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Posted: Nov 25, 2024 10:17 AMUpdated: Nov 26, 2024 4:39 AM

City Water Utilities Update

Tom Davis

Appearing on CITY MATTERS on KWON Radio, Bartlesville City Water Utilities Director Terry Lauritsen reminded all that in the spirit of Thanksgiving you know we do have police and fire that are in service also water plant and wastewater plant staff works those days because those entities need to continue to run.

Lauritsen said that it's historically true, on a wastewater perspective, that Thanksgiving is one of their busiest days for call outs with people have sewer backups. And so just as a friendly reminder Lauritsen asks that you do not put grease fats oils down the drain.

According to Lauritsen,"Those can harden or congeal within your surface line cause a backup. Also don't put any disposable wipes or anything of that nature down the drain. Those things are notorious for causing backups especially if it's combined with a little bit of grease from whatever meat you're cooking on Thanksgiving. We just want to remind everybody of be be very aware of what you're putting down the drain."

Lauritsen said there is good news as we are no longer in any type of threat of a drought or any kind of water supply issue. All of our lakes are full and everything is really very good from that perspective. However, the city will continue to work on looking for future water supply.

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