Can I dump in the curbside sewer?
My new house has a curbside sewer for storm water right by my drive way. This is a public sewer and not connected to my house. I'm guessing its illegal to dump my gray water in there? Any one know for...
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Depends on local ordinances and public services.
It is against local ordinances to dump anything in the storm water drains. See City of Fort Wayne website for all the details and phone numbers to tattle on your neighbors.
While my storm water drains are also the sewer lines in our neighborhood (80 year old neighborhood) and run to the treatment plant. The city is spending millions to upgrade and separate the storm drains from the sewer system. Whenever we get a big storm the treatment plant is overrun and they dump it all into the local rivers which upsets the Fed's.
You'd probably avoid many headaches, legal and otherwise, if you used the sewer cleanout instead of dumping it in the street drain. One of those water powered macerators would probably do the trick if the sewer line cleanout is not handy.
Reality has nothing to do with the law and local ordinances. Common sense is dead and some things are not worth being right.
It is against local ordinances to dump anything in the storm water drains. See City of Fort Wayne website for all the details and phone numbers to tattle on your neighbors.
While my storm water drains are also the sewer lines in our neighborhood (80 year old neighborhood) and run to the treatment plant. The city is spending millions to upgrade and separate the storm drains from the sewer system. Whenever we get a big storm the treatment plant is overrun and they dump it all into the local rivers which upsets the Fed's.
You'd probably avoid many headaches, legal and otherwise, if you used the sewer cleanout instead of dumping it in the street drain. One of those water powered macerators would probably do the trick if the sewer line cleanout is not handy.
Reality has nothing to do with the law and local ordinances. Common sense is dead and some things are not worth being right.
