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Lorain advisory board urges program to disconnect foundation footer tiles from sanitary sewers
Summary
A Lorain utilities advisory board voted unanimously to recommend a program to disconnect foundation (footer) tile drains from the city sanitary sewer system and asked the Department of Housing and Planning to consider housing-rehab financing for households that experienced sewer backups.
The Lorain SWAB (utilities advisory) board voted unanimously to recommend the city adopt a program to eliminate connections of foundation footer tile drains into the sanitary sewer system, citing those connections as a major cause of basement backups and sewer overloads.
The board said the proposal mirrors a 2006 plan on file with the city engineer and asked the city to carry it out now. Chair Pat McGannan said the city has relined sewers and fixed manholes but “haven’t really addressed the footer tile issue,” and the report asks the city to remove those connections or otherwise prevent footer tiles from flowing into the sanitary sewer.
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