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Black History Month Spotlight: Xanthene Sayles Norris

February 16, 2023

This week for Black History Month, MetroConnects honors five-term Greenville County Councilmember Xanthene Sayles Norris for her decades of service to the Greenville community. Councilmember Norris’s dedication to public service, civil rights and civic engagement has been a hallmark of the 93-year-old’s career. Norris retired from Greenville County Council when her term expired in December

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Black History Month Spotlight: Clayton “Peg Leg” Bates

February 7, 2023

This week, as MetroConnects continues to celebrate Black History Month, we remember Fountain Inn’s Clayton “Peg Leg” Bates. “Peg Leg” Bates broke racial and disability barriers as he danced his way around the world, beginning in 1915. An Accident That Secured a Destiny Clayton “Peg Leg” Bates just might be the most famous of Greenville’s

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Update: Vandalism Creates Sanitary Sewer Overflow in Taylors

February 2, 2023

Vandalism Creates Sanitary Sewer Overflow in Taylors GREENVILLE – Metropolitan Sewer Subdistrict (MetroConnects) is investigating a sanitary sewer overflow near 33 Randy Dr., Taylors, caused by vandalism. MetroConnects responded to an overflowing manhole on Wednesday, February 1, 2023. MetroConnects’ crews worked overnight to remove rocks and several large boulders that had been thrown down into

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MetroConnects is Investigating a Sanitary Sewer Overflow in Taylors

February 1, 2023

Public Service Announcement Contact: Carolyn Farr Shanesy (864) 526-8583 or [email protected] GREENVILLE – Metropolitan Sewer Subdistrict (MetroConnects) is investigating a sanitary sewer overflow near 33 Randy Dr., Taylors. MetroConnects responded to an overflowing manhole on Wednesday February 1, 2023. The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control has been notified of the spill. Residents are

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This Black History Month, We Honor Those Who Grew Greenville

This week, we honor Reverends James R. Rosemond and Gabriel Poole, who were both born into enslavement. “Father” Rosemond established the first Black Methodist Church in the Upstate in 1865. “Father” Poole established the first Black Baptist congregation in Greenville in 1868. Celebrating Black History Month This Black History Month, MetroConnects would like to pay

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Sanitary Sewer Overflows — Keep it in the Pipes!

January 26, 2023

It Starts With a Smell… It might start with a smell … a very, very unpleasant smell that you notice when you walk outside in the morning. Next, you might notice some water in your street. Not the dampness of the sidewalk from last night’s rain, but a river of water coming from somewhere near

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The Water Cycle: Everything is Interconnected

January 18, 2023

Evaporation, Condensation and Precipitation You might remember being taught the basics of the water cycle at school: Evaporation to condensation to precipitation and back again. You might even remember making your own cloud in a jar to help you visualize the cycle (see Fig. 1). While this three-part description is a good start, the water

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Wet Weather Disaster Preparation: Some Sanitary Solutions

January 12, 2023

Winter Weather and Wastewater Systems If fall and early winter of 2022 taught us anything, it is to be prepared for weather emergencies. Between Hurricane Ian in September and the “bomb cyclone” freezing temperatures of the winter holidays, the South, unfortunately, saw its fair share of weather-related disasters. Water and wastewater systems are among the

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