David Persinger
38:01 - 38:24
"One of the things that exacerbated the problem here within the municipality was that the Matanuska-Susitna Borough was in the same predicament with frozen septic and wells. So, there was— resources were spread throughout all of Southcentral, not just Anchorage."
“One of the things that exacerbated the problem here within the municipality was that the Matanuska-Susitna Borough was in the same predicament with frozen septic and wells. So, there was— resources were spread throughout all of Southcentral, not just Anchorage.”
- Speaker
- David Persinger
- Timestamp
- 38:01 – 38:24
- Transcript
- Anchorage Assembly: Infrastructure, Enterprise and Utility Oversight Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- August 20, 2026
From the transcript
And I'll just add to that too. One of the things that exacerbated the problem here within the municipality was that the Matanuska-Susitna Borough was in the same predicament with frozen septic and wells. So, there was— resources were spread throughout all of Southcentral, not just Anchorage. Everybody was dealing with this, and so it put a real strain on the private contractors that are in that line of work.
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