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Sarasota News Leader December 13, 2013 Page 52 "We'll present our findings and conclusions at the Dec. 18th meeting," noted Garland. "It's been a very aggressive schedule, but we're starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel," he punned. was forced to permeate through the bed of the bayou and into the surface water. Garland's research was aided by national experts. They found the original "microtunneling" drill was probably improperly and insufficiently lubricated, causing more pressure to be applied to continue the cut until the pipe buckled. The high pressure levels also caused "fracking," in which the lubricant ONE DECISION, WITH CONSEQUENCES In addition, the old borehole was not deep enough; had drilling continued, it would have punctured one of the footers of the Orange He is in charge of the $1.1 million examina- Avenue bridge over the bayou. tion to find out what went wrong with an $8 One of the purposes of the McKim & Creed million effort to run a new sewer line under examination has been to determine the likely the bayou. That contractor walked away after cost to resume the project and see it through admitting failure, and the case is now in court. to completion. The new lift station will handle about onethird of the city's sewage flow, or about 2.7 million gallons per day. In periods of high rainfall, it will need to pump up to 9.7 million Pipes for the lift station project were shrouded from public view in Luke Wood Park in early October. Photo by Norman Schimmel