closed #199116
Illicit Discharge (Storm Sewers)
Rogers St & 10th St at the B Line Trail
- Case Date:
- 10/30/2024
BIM tracking into road constantly. Big trucks, gravel, and debris ruining newer paved road.
BIM tracking into road constantly. Big trucks, gravel, and debris ruining newer paved road.
Sewerage smell- each week at 39.13163° N, 86.53594° W on Bloomington Rail Trail
Wet cement draining to storm drain, possibly related to boring work in area.
On May 4th, 2022 I was taking a walk through the park when I noticed a chemical-type smell lingering near the stream that flows east to west through the middle of the park. When I went to investigate the source of the smell, I was alarmed by an opaque milky white substance contaminating the flowing stream. It also seemed to be the source of the smell. I followed the contamination upstream and traced it to a white PVC pipe that appears to originate from the Bryan Park pool facility. There was also particulate settling in the water where the pipe drains into the stream. Immediately after that I walked to the pool facility and confirmed with two city workers that the pool does indeed drain directly into the park's stream. They also told me that they were directed to power-wash the pool area and the resulting material was discharging directly into the stream via the PVC drainage pipe. Further, other city workers have confirmed with me that the pool water itself gets drained into the stream annually. I am not sure if this is legal - and if it is legal, it is certainly not environmentally sound. The material that is draining into the stream is very likely environmentally harmful.