A local artist helped beautify a new sewer pipe that was installed in Tahoe City, California, in October. The artist, Stephane Cellier, was selected to create a mural on an 80-foot section of the replacement pipe that crosses the Truckee River. But that’s simply not the whole story.“The sewer line that we were replacing is one of the few pieces of sewer infrastructure that goes right across the Truckee River and is pretty vividly out in the open and obviously not a very attractive piece of infrastructure — it’s just a big sewer pipe over the river,” says Kurt Althof,
New Sewer Pipe Gets Artistic Overhaul
When a decaying sewer line became an eyesore, the Tahoe City Public Utility District seized the opportunity when it came time to replace the old pipe.
Nov 05, 2015 | by Luke LeNoble |
