Still, he is pushing for two amendments to the program, including a voluntary assessment plan where homeowners wanting to trench the discharge line to a storm sewer in the street ...

Sump pumps are also used for sewage and septic systems. As part of a sewage system, the sump pump moves solid waste or any collected debris up to the main sewer line.

Residents are asked to disconnect their sump pumps from the sanitary sewer and direct drainage to outdoor hoses. Heavy sump pump discharge can overwhelm the sanitary sewer system and cause ...

Michelle went to talk to the plumbing experts at their facility in Rockford to ask for advice on who should have a sump pump and sewer pump installed, and which equipment is best for each type of ...

Racine is giving 100 homeowners up to $5,000 to install a new sump pump in their homes. The goal of this effort is to prevent sanitary sewer system backup into homes. Grant money for the sump ...

It’s important to make sure your sump pump isn’t connected to the sanitary sewer. NEW Water says excess water in the sanitary sewer system hampers our community’s ability to mitigate flooding.

During the City Council's work session Monday night, council members were given a report by Bryan Kaemingk, of WHKS, regarding the city's sanitary sewer evaluation. Specifically, the report ...

In an effort to stem the flow of sump pump discharge ... t likely to know the difference between a sanitary and storm line.” Lanzafame said the sewer system typically handles about nine million ...

SSOs happen when there's so much water in the sanitary sewer system that it gets overloaded ... broken connections and connections from residents' sump pumps, Sumner allowed.

The city has to treat all this excess water, which ends up costing the city money. Sanitary sewer sump pump connections were outlawed in Cedar Falls in 1969. The city is sending letters to ...

roof runoff or subsurface drainage from discharging into the sanitary sewer system,” the release says. “Gutters, downspouts and sump pumps tied to the sewer system must be removed by the ...