The City of St. Cloud Department of Public Utilities got a wakeup call seven years ago.“It all started with a very bad day back in 2008,” recalls Patrick Shea, director of Public Services. “We had a 6-foot main, installed in 1987, that totally collapsed. So we decided it might be a good idea to take a look at the rest of our pipes.”Two other major interceptors had also collapsed in 2002 and 2006, but those failures involved old brick manholes that were already overdue for rehab. It was the collapse of the 21-year-old concrete main that really scared utility officials.Most
