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Bill Graham

wrote:
On Fri, 5 Apr 2013 12:25:24 -0700 (PDT), bob haller
wrote:

The EPA has strict rules about sewage flow, during rain it cant
exceed twice the normal flow, or something like that.

I think that deserves a citation. Note that many communities
(including NYC) only have one sewer system.

sewage rates are tripling their old rate to meet the new
requirements,

currently sewage costs far more than water

Maybe where you live.

Newer cities usually have a seperaqte sewer and storm drainage system. but
in the older ones, sometimes this isn't the case, and during heavy rains,
the system becomes overloaded with water, and the sewage treatment plant has
to be bypassed, and the water allowed to go in the river, lake, or ocean
without treatment. (information only.... I was almost a sewage treatment
plant operator before I became an engineer)