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Hilliard authorizes $200,000 study to locate infiltration into Old Hilliard sewer system
Summary
City council approved a $200,000 professional services agreement with Burgess & Niple to start a two-phase sanitary sewer evaluation study aimed at identifying infiltration and inflow (I&I) problems in Old Hilliard and nearby neighborhoods, with possible private-property inspections and future code changes to allow repairs.
HILLIARD, Ohio — Hilliard City Council voted 6-0 on Sept. 8 to authorize a $200,000 professional-services agreement with Burgess & Niple Inc. for a two-phase sanitary sewer evaluation study focused on Old Hilliard and the larger Hilliard outfall trunk sanitary sewer. The study’s first phase will emphasize resident outreach, records and GIS review; phase two would develop targeted field tests such as smoke and dye testing and potential private-property work. The study matters because the city’s oldest sanitary system, much of it clay tile installed before World War II, is showing capacity problems during wet-weather events caused by infiltration and inflow (I&I). Lenny, a city…
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