PROVINCETOWN, Mass. (AP) — The popular Cape Cod resort of Provincetown declared a sewer emergency Thursday, ordering restaurants and other food establishments to close immediately along a section of its bustling waterfront.
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Provincetown officials said in a Facebook post that residential property on the affected sewer system must also reduce water use, including flushing toilets only “when absolutely necessary.”
Officials said that all public restrooms will also be shuttered Thursday and Friday and that portable toilets will be provided.
They said the sewer shutdown, coming during the peak summer season, was necessary to prevent a further public health emergency.
Thunderstorms this week brought “larger than normal wastewater volume” into the sewer system, causing overflows and damage.
“We need to drastically reduce flow to allow the critical repair work in order to get the town back to full capacity,” town officials said in their statement. “We are estimating that we need up to 48 hours to make the repairs and get the system back to normal.”
Well, considering that Provincetown is a place of moral sewage (being one of the toeivah capitals of the United States), it’s nice to see them getting middah keneged middah.
In NYC the city spends a lot and plans for events like this. They were so busy cultivating a summer tourist influx but never built an infrastructure.
DC needs to be shut down, for the same reason. For the good of the country.
They are planning huge weeklong toeiva celebrations and parades in Provincetown this week. I wonder if Hashem is giving them a message.