Malta City Council hears of more sewer problems

At the Tuesday night City Council meeting in Malta, Board Members once again heard from a city resident who had her sewer back up into her home’s basement.

“We had number five last Sunday night,” she said.

Malta Mayor Shyla Jones reported that the Public Works team flushed the sewer on the previous Wednesday. Public Works Director James Brown said that the crew will continue to flush the sewers and that this week Phil Henderson was going to assist the Works Team by running a video camera down the portion of the sewer line that continues to back up.

“If we find that roots are causing the proble...