Power Surge Destroys Sewage Billing Computers
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
Sewage customers in Warsaw won't receive February billings at the regular time, according to sewage collection manager Jane Edmond.
A NIPSCO transformer on the property "blew" Friday afternoon, cutting power to the Sewage Collection Office, the planning and building office, the wastewater treatment plant and the street department building.
There are three power transformers on the city property. Three new transformers were installed by NIPSCO crews Friday night.
The surge destroyed information on the sewage collection's 10 billing computers. While backup records are continuously kept, February billings will be delayed. Late payments will not be assessed a penalty.
Edmond, who is retiring after 24 years of employment, said it just figures everything would crash during her last week.
"We'll have to get all new everything," she said this morning. "Computers, copier, fax machine, you name it."
The outage affected the street department building and wastewater treatment plant electronics, too, according to Lacy Francis Jr.
The public works superintendent said all of the computers have backup systems.
"Some electronics in the sludge building and components in the sewage plant were blown," Francis said. "They've been replaced or repaired. We still have a lot to check." [[In-content Ad]]
Sewage customers in Warsaw won't receive February billings at the regular time, according to sewage collection manager Jane Edmond.
A NIPSCO transformer on the property "blew" Friday afternoon, cutting power to the Sewage Collection Office, the planning and building office, the wastewater treatment plant and the street department building.
There are three power transformers on the city property. Three new transformers were installed by NIPSCO crews Friday night.
The surge destroyed information on the sewage collection's 10 billing computers. While backup records are continuously kept, February billings will be delayed. Late payments will not be assessed a penalty.
Edmond, who is retiring after 24 years of employment, said it just figures everything would crash during her last week.
"We'll have to get all new everything," she said this morning. "Computers, copier, fax machine, you name it."
The outage affected the street department building and wastewater treatment plant electronics, too, according to Lacy Francis Jr.
The public works superintendent said all of the computers have backup systems.
"Some electronics in the sludge building and components in the sewage plant were blown," Francis said. "They've been replaced or repaired. We still have a lot to check." [[In-content Ad]]