Restrictions on how many bulk items of garbage can be set out for pickup are being relaxed this week so residents whose houses suffered flooding can get rid of water-damaged items.
But other safety-related rules governing what can be set out and what needs to be “prepared” still apply.
Rumpke delivered more open-top waste containers today to areas hard hit by weekend storms. This provided photo was taken on Euclid Avenue
The City of Covington and its contractor, Rumpke Waste & Recycling, put the relaxed rules in place earlier today.
“We really appreciates Rumpke’s flexibility in taking extra items from the curb, but it should be noted that there is a limit to the capacity of the trucks,” said Ken Smith, the City’s Neighborhood Services Director.
Smith said the City is encouraging residents where possible to use open-top dumpsters that have been placed in the areas hardest hit by complications from Saturday night’s torrential rain.
Several full dumpsters were carted away and more put in their place today.
Essentially:
• Residents with water-damaged items can set out more than one bulk item, which is the usual limit.
• Small items should still be bagged, rather than strewn across the ground.
• Items like mattresses and upholstered items should be wrapped in plastic.
• Carpet must be rolled and tied in bundles 4 feet long or less, or cut into small sections.
• And these items are prohibited: Tires. Batteries. Combustible and hazardous materials, including liquids. Appliances still containing Freon. (To learn about where and how to get rid of some of these items, see HERE.
Five inches of rain fell on Covington in a 24-hour period that ended about 7 a.m. Sunday. This was on top of weeks of on-and-off-again rain that had already saturated the ground.
The run-off caused two types of flooding throughout parts of the City: Water that washed into basements from outside, and water that backed up through drains.
Likewise, cities across Greater Cincinnati suffered a variety of damage, including downed trees, mudslides onto roads, flooded underpasses, washed-out asphalt, and flooded basements.
Covington Public Works crews continued the clean-up effort, and City officials met again today with Sanitation District No. 1 – the agency responsible for dealing with stormwater – about run-off issues.
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