Country club sues city over sewer backup
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Owners of the Transcona Country Club have filed a lawsuit against the City of Winnipeg for a sewer backup they claim cost their business $560,000 in damage.
The Transcona Country Club and the Transcona Lions Club filed a statement of claim in the Court of Queen’s Bench that alleges the city failed to control water service between May 29 and June 15, 2010, and caused damage and “substantial operating losses” to the business. The claim alleges the city allowed the sewer system to surge with rain water, which damaged the country club’s sewer line and led to sewer backup in the basement.
In late May 2010, a torrential rainstorm walloped Winnipeg and parts of southern Manitoba, dropping 80 millimetres of rain in the city over the course of a weekend. Over 350 homes had some water backup.
Club officials allege the city did not shut off the water service to the property to limit the amount of damage, which “exasperated repair efforts” and increased costs, according to court documents.
The allegations have not been proven and no statement of defence has been filed in court.
Officials from the Transcona Country Club could not be reached for comment on Monday. City of Winnipeg officials said they do not comment on matters before the courts.
Older neighbourhoods in Winnipeg have combined sewers, where one pipe carries both wastewater and runoff from rain and snow. Normally, this liquid goes to a wastewater treatment plant. During periods of heavy rains, sewer systems are overloaded and the rain water and wastewater may back up into homes.
According to the City of Winnipeg’s website, homeowners and businesses are responsible for the sewer pipe that runs from their building to the city’s sewer main. Residents and businesses can take out an insurance policy for sewer backup, and the website said the City of Winnipeg is “not responsible for sewer backup unless we have been negligent.”
jen.skerritt@freepress.mb.ca