DIYbanter - View Single Post - Do "roots in the sewer in the past" require disclosure?

Bill Graham

wrote:
On Fri, 5 Apr 2013 14:47:20 -0700, "Bill Graham"
wrote:

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)

Again, you state the obvious.

It may be obvious to you, but in my experience, many people don;t know that
the sewer system and the storm drainage system are, or should be two
seperwate systems, and when they are not, heavy rains can stop the sewage
treatment plantss from working.