10,000 gallons of wastewater
discharges into Fountain Creek A corroded valve is being blamed for the
fourth sewage spill this year. By
CHRIS WOODKATHE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN

About 10,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled
into Fountain Creek Monday because of a corroded valve on a surge tank at the
Sand Creek wastewater lift station, Colorado Springs Utilities spokesman Mark
Murphy said. The spill is the fourth this year, including a 44,000-gallon spill
in January and two minor spills. The Pueblo Chieftain Online - Pueblo, Colorado
U.S.A

A River Runs With Us

Fountain once trickled with boyhood adventure
Editor's Note - Bill Alt, a retired Air Force colonel, moved back to his family's farm along Fountain Creek in 1991. Alt is a longtime advocate for improving the creek.

CHIEFTAIN PHOTO/FILE
Once an intermittent stream, Fountain Creek now flows with treated wastewater from the growing Colorado Springs area.

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Speak out people

Bar's license remains in limbo
By JEFF TUCKERTHE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN

A decision on renewing the liquor and cabaret licenses for a Pueblo nightclub was delayed for the fifth time Wednesday.
The Pueblo Beer and Liquor Licensing Board voted to continue the hearings after deadlocking over whether Lucky Lou's violated the liquor code by serving to a visibly intoxicated person. MORE