The City of Laurinburg

PUBLIC NOTICE

To All Occupants and Residents;

Over the next few weeks the City of Laurinburg will be conducting leak test in the sanitary sewer system by blowing smoke into these pipes.  This smoke will reveal sources of sewer odors in your neighborhood as well as places where storm and other surface waters are entering the sanitary system.

A special non-toxic smoke will be used in these tests.  This smoke is manufactured for this purpose, leaves no residuals or stains and has no effects on plant and animal life.  The smoke has a distinctive, but not unpleasant odor.  Visibility and odor last only a few minutes, where there is adequate ventilation.

Because the plumbing appliances in your house or building are connected to the sanitary sewer system, some of this smoke may enter your house if the:

• Vents connected to your building’s sewer pipes are inadequate, defective, or improperly installed.
• Traps under sinks, tubs, basins, showers, and other drains are dry, defective, improperly installed or missing.
• Pipes, connections and seals of the wastewater drain system in and under your building are damaged, defective, have plugs missing or are improperly installed.

All residents are advised that if a trace of this smoke or its odor enters your house or building, it is an indication that odors from the sewer also may enter.  Sewer odors can be both unpleasant and dangerous as well as a health hazard to the occupants.  Location, identification and correction of the source of smoke that enters your house are urgently advised.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR DESIRE MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE TELEPHONE THE CITY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AT 910-276-2364

SANITATION HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
City of Laurinburg Residents and Businesses

Christmas

The City of Laurinburg will be closed on Monday, December 24th, Tuesday, December 25th, and Wednesday, December 26th due to the Christmas Holiday.  Please observe the following schedule changes in sanitation services for that week:

1. All Commercial, and Residential routes including the “RED” recycling route for Monday, December 24th and Tuesday, December 25th will be picked up on Thursday, December 27th.
2. All Commercial, and Residential routes including the “RED” recycling route for Wednesday, December 26th, Thursday, December 27th, and Friday, December 28th will be picked up on Friday, December 28th.

New Year’s

The City of Laurinburg will be closed on Tuesday, January 1st, due to the New Year’s Day Holiday.  Please observe the following schedule changes in sanitation services for that week:

1. All Commercial, and Residential routes including the “GREEN” recycling route for Tuesday, January 1st will be picked up on Wednesday, January 2nd.

For more information contact:
CITY OF LAURINBURG
SANITATION DEPARTMENT
276-2364

PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

UPDATE ON STATUS OF STORM DEBRIS COLLECTION

Laurinburg, N.C. – November 2, 2018; 11:20 a.m. – The Sanitation Department is still working on making one pass down every street in the City picking up storm debris related to Hurricane Florence.  After this storm passed, the collection crews started in the West section of the City and has, thus far, made one pass through the West, North, and East sections of the City.  The collection crews are currently on the South section of the City.  Please refer to the map below to see where the crews are currently working in this South section.  They are currently working in the area marked as 4 (near the north end of Purcell Rd.) on the South section.

The crews are currently working Monday through Saturday in these cleanup efforts.  Once a pass has been made through the South section, the crews will go back into the West section and repeat the cycle again.  Thank you for your patience and understanding.