exploder3211
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Who in our group lives in Boise???? I saw this and started chuckling
BOISE, Idaho(AP) It's probably not what city officials had in mind for keeping the streets clean and tidy. On Thursday, a commercial laundry mishap caused citrus-scented bubbles to spew out of manhole covers along a three-block stretch on the city's east side.
City public works crews traced the problem to American Linen, which accidentally released detergent into the municipal sewer lines. The combination of gravity and churning water whipped the soap into a sudsy foam that erupted from the manholes like geysers.
"We have never had a situation like this before," said Vince Trimboli, the public works spokesman.
Officials say the company had a malfunction, caused by human error, in its automated detergent loading device, releasing 167 gallons of a harmless but concentrated detergent.
Crews worked during the day to disperse the suds before they reached the treatment facility, then used soft-spray hoses and yard blowers to reduce foam levels closer to the plant.
"It had no effect on the treatment plant at all, and the closer the foam got to the plant, they were able to hose most of it off. None of it has gotten to the (Boise) River," Trimboli said Friday.
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Information from: Idaho Statesman, http://www.idahostatesman.com
BOISE, Idaho(AP) It's probably not what city officials had in mind for keeping the streets clean and tidy. On Thursday, a commercial laundry mishap caused citrus-scented bubbles to spew out of manhole covers along a three-block stretch on the city's east side.
City public works crews traced the problem to American Linen, which accidentally released detergent into the municipal sewer lines. The combination of gravity and churning water whipped the soap into a sudsy foam that erupted from the manholes like geysers.
"We have never had a situation like this before," said Vince Trimboli, the public works spokesman.
Officials say the company had a malfunction, caused by human error, in its automated detergent loading device, releasing 167 gallons of a harmless but concentrated detergent.
Crews worked during the day to disperse the suds before they reached the treatment facility, then used soft-spray hoses and yard blowers to reduce foam levels closer to the plant.
"It had no effect on the treatment plant at all, and the closer the foam got to the plant, they were able to hose most of it off. None of it has gotten to the (Boise) River," Trimboli said Friday.
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Information from: Idaho Statesman, http://www.idahostatesman.com
