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Subject:
Sewer Back Up
Author:
Robert Wagner
Posted:
8/28/2006
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Hello - I'm hoping someone might be able to provide some help:
Three houses (the three at the lowest elevation) in my neighborhood have an ongoing issue with with sewer water backing up into the basements (only during very heavy rain). We were told by the township that this is caused by three contributing factors:
1. Storm water lines from 3 separate townships merge at our street into a common header. This ovelerloads the header during heavy rains.
2. Storm water rises out the manhole cover in the street and floods the street (this is true).
3. When the street floods, storm water flows from the street down through the sewar manhole covers. This develops enough head pressure in the sewer lines to back up into our homes (though the basment toilet & shower).
Does this township explanation make sense (i.e. the strom water that is flooding the streets is backing up through our sewers)?? I didn't realize sewers were vented in the streets (wouldn't that smell??). If sewers are not vented in the streets - then how could storm water backing up our sewers??
Is it more likely that the original developer tied the sewers into the storm drains?? If so, would the have to correct this?
Any help/guidance would be MOST appreciated - Thanks Bob
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