Trustees Move Forward With Downspout Disconnection, Lateral Repair Programs
The two inspection projects will identify which sanitary laterals and which downspouts are unnecessarily burdening the village's sanitary sewer system with rain water.
Whitefish Bay trustees agreed to move forward with recommendations aimed at eliminating rain water from the sanitary sewer system through a village-wide downspout disconnection program and a lateral replacement program on the south side of the village. Cameras used to identify leaky laterals The private sanitary sewer lateral inspection and replacement program will start in an area of 390 homes between Glendale Avenue and Hampton Road, from Diversey Boulevard to Bartlett Avenue. The televised inspection could begin as soon as this summer. By televising the sewer lines, the village will find out which laterals need to be replaced, which need to be re-lined and which laterals need no repair. The cost of partially lining a lateral is …
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Kevin Buckley
9:50 am on Saturday, February 4, 2012
D.D. - WFB has done smoke testing in the past for that very purpose. What I've been told is, while it is semi-helpful, when you are dealing with 70-90 year old pipes, the smoke tends to start pouring out from everywhere. Many of these pipes are clay, and their joints weren't sealed. -- But indeed, the previous smoke testing is why the Village probably won't find hundreds of bad hookups. more ›