Weekly Flush: Two Arrested for Discharging Waste Into City Sewers

Also in this week's septic-related news, a child care center in Delaware is put on probation by a state agency for allowing a toddler to fall into an open septic tank during playtime

Weekly Flush: Two Arrested for Discharging Waste Into City Sewers

Two men in West Palm Beach, Florida, were arrested for illegally dumping liquid waste into manholes and spilling it on city sidewalks.

According to police, a witness recorded three incidents of illegal dumping on a smartphone, and in one of those incidents, a worker pumps out a community tank at a condo and made about a dozen trips to discharge waste into the city sewer.

The company claims it was using city manholes because a lift station was clogged.


Firefighters in Malibu, California, recently rescued a Yorkshire terrier that fell 30 feet into an abandoned septic tank.

The rescue operation took about three hours. Once they pulled the dog out, they found he was covered in mud, but still alive. He was cleaned up by a vet and is expected to make a full recovery.

“Urban Search and Rescue Task Force Firefighters demonstrate once again why they are the finest technical rescue specialists in the world,” the Los Angeles County Fire Department tweeted after the dog was reunited with its owner. 


A 48-year-old man in Knox County, Kentucky, was arrested for stealing a pumper truck, according to WKYT News.

The man, Barrett Sizemore, is accused of stealing a Blevin’s Septic Cleaning truck and stashing it in a barn.

It’s unclear what his grand plan was for a truck with someone else’s logo plastered to its side, but it’s safe to say he didn’t get much septic pumping done. He was arrested shortly after the theft was reported.


Cleanup took more than two hours after a truck carrying portable toilets in Warren County, Ohio, experienced brake failure and crashed, tossing the toilets around the scene of the crash.

The driver, Bruce Rambo, noticed that the brakes had failed and swerved off the road to avoid an oncoming car.

He was on a return trip with full portable toilets that needed cleaning, and they were ejected from the truck bed. Lehigh Valley Live published numerous photos of the crash here.


A child care center in Ocean View, Delaware, is on probation after a toddler fell into an open septic tank during playtime. The child was rescued and wasn’t harmed in the incident.

A state agency called the Division of Family Services, Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families sent a letter to the establishment informing it of its probation.

“A child fell through an open septic tank lid, and the staff members did not realize the child was missing until the group returned inside the building,” the letter states. “Staff allowed the children to use an outdoor area that was unsafe and not free of hazards. In a written statement, a staff member noted she noticed the septic tank lid was off, so she and other staff member took turns standing by it; however, they continued to allow the children to have water play in that area.”



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