[Durham INC] re sewage spills

[Melissa Rooney]

I agree with you as well, Susan. However, we need more inspection of our sewer pipes and clean-up when necessary. Right now, people (including city services) only pay attention when its a crisis situation...and, my experience is that, when citizens provide information in this regard, they are pat on the shoulder and little is done, or they are told that it is the private property owners' responsibility to fix the problem.

Melissa



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 From: Susan Sewell <mssewell2009 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Sunday, 2 September 2012 2:02 PM
Subject: [Durham INC] re sewage spills
 

John,
My read of that article (and thanks for sharing it) is that only 1 of 8 spills was caused by broken pipes. The rest were blockage issues. Rags, grease, gravel, debris were mentioned.  Seems to me this might be an area for education on what neighborhoods can do to help in this area. Rather than focusing on the fewer breaks. I know restaurants are often an issue and there is some education work there being done by the dept.. Also the "Don't dump your grease" notes in residential bills recently. Since renters don't see that, the excellent alternative methods of disposing of grease are worth mentioning in our listserves, I'm sure. (Maybe we can get an electronic copy of such notices to send out?)

Where are the rags and debris coming from and can we help there?  
Susan Sewell
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