Problems with pump station near Shellmound Business Park draw concerns

Paul Evans

JASPER, Tenn. – Problems with a new sewer pump station near an area known as the Shellmound Business Park have city leaders concerned they may have gotten a lemon.

Mayor Paul Evans said the sewer line extension project along U.S. Highway 41 to the business park has been completed, but the fact that a pump installed just last fall already is in need of repairs has him concerned.

“We’re only operating with one pump out there right now,” he said. “This is twice we’ve had an issue with that one pump.”

The unit has been down for two weeks already, Evans said, and it will be at least another month before the parts arrive to fix it.

Officials said the sewer pump is under warranty, but that will run out sometime in October.