I called this in to 311 on 12/18/19 under service request # 197578.

I have called this in for the past few years. A permanent solution needs to be found.

I plan on keeping this open until these manholes no longer bubble during a heavy storms.

If this is a sewer overflowing, this may be a violation of federal law under the oversight of the EPA.

After I reported it to 311, I immediately contacted the State of Tennessee's Chattanooga Environmental Field Office at (423) 634-5745.

I have submitted a request for an update on the status of the repairs at this location.

It's still bubbling! Here is a pic of it bubbling on Sunday January 24, 2009!

Here is a pic from 1/24/09 that is set further back...
See how it is flowing out to the side of the road and causing flooding on each side?

Ew! Ew! Ew!
Come on Chattanooga, get a move on and fix this!

This item is still open as of 4/12/2010 and still monitoring. Will waiting to hear the update that was supposed to be provided three months ago...have not seen evidence of any improvement work.

The overflows that are occurring in the Highland Park area are caused by infiltration and inflow of rainwater into the sanitary sewer system during moderate to heavy rainfall events. The City is in the process of developing a hydraulic model for the sanitary sewer system to address issues such as these. The model will pinpoint where the City should spend the limited amount of rehabilitation funds that are available to achieve the best effect. The Highland Park area is the first area that will be modeled. This will take place over the next 12 months. The likely result is a multi-year, multi-million dollar sewer rehabilitation project to reduce the inflow and infiltration of rainwater into the separate sanitary sewer system.

We had some really bad rains on Wed March 9th and all the Bubbling Manholes were bubbling again.

This time the city put notices the little warning stands out to stay away from the contaminated water as it was raw sewage.

The manholes are tied to sanitary sewers which are still tied to some storm drains.

The manholes on 23rd St between BI-Lo and 4th Avenue/Kelly all were overflowing too with the same warning signs.

The Manhole at 20th and Kelly was bubbling again with the same sign posted
The Manhole at 14th and Watkins was bubbling again with the same sign posted.

When is the city going to fix these?
They were supposed to be fixed Years ago.
I reported this to Click Fix in 2009.

Liz Henley reported 11 months ago that the Highland Park Sub-basin (which these manhole are in) would be the first area to have a model for a hydraulic system which would take 12 months. It might be nice to hear a progress report since we are coming up on that 12 month date.

Of course a "model" is meaningless unless it is implemented so I'd also like to hear the status of implementation as well.

I know the economy is bad, but this issue will still need to be investigated and resolved.
I think it would be far more practical to separate the storm water from the sanitary sewer in this area, it's connected somewhere along that line of bubbling manholes or just up or down stream of them.
This is a carryover from the EPA 1990-1995 Moratorium. (see earlier comments)

(Note: none of these manholes I am reporting are in the boundaries of the Highland Park Neighborhood Association - a couple of their folks can be a bit techy when the H word is mentioned, lol so I am mentioning to soothe their potential ruffled feathers)

The only way to move the city along is to contact the EPA.

SR#11-00022411 has been submitted.

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