Many inspections by a variety of companies, filed on the PermiTrack system run by the City of Madison for self-inspections, are late, missing, inaccurate, or poorly documented.
These errors are so widespread--as to undermine any confidence by citizens that the self-inspection system is working.
Here are a few examples. Individually they may be small, but together they fostered an attitude of neglect--that led to a sediment spill.
On January 29, there was hard rain, totaling 1.84 inches, with a maximum temperature of 54 F. While unusual, this storm had a precedent. Anyone planning for this site could see that on Dec. 30, 1884, it had rained 1.62 inches.
