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Sanitary Sewer Overflows: Risks and Homeowner Responsibilities

Sanitary Sewer Overflows: Risks and Homeowner Responsibilities

HENV-709: Sanitary Sewer Overflows: Risks and Homeowner Responsibilities

Authored by: Amanda A. Gumbert Lee Moser

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Abstract

A sewer system is an underground network of pipes that carries sewage and wastewater from homes and businesses to a treatment plant. There are two types of sewer systems. Modern sanitary sewer systems are designed to be a separate network of pipes and infrastructure from those that manage stormwater; these are known as separate sanitary sewers. Some municipalities still have combined sewers that manage both sanitary sewage and stormwater in the same pipes; these are known as combined sewers.

Core Details

Publication ID

HENV-709

Status

New

Publication Date

Apr. 22, 2022

Series

Multi-Part Series

N/A


Categorical Details

Language

English

Peer Reviewed?

Yes

Contact Information

Tawana Brown
Associate Director, Educational Publications

361 Blazer Dining 343 S. Martin Luther King Blvd. Lexington, KY 40526-0012

+1 (859) 257-7566

tawana.brown@uky.edu