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City proposes low-pressure sewer extension on South Street to serve existing lots and failing septic systems
Summary
City staff proposed designing and bidding a low-pressure sewer extension on South Street on Aug. 5 to serve properties that cannot use septic systems and to allow homes with failing septic systems to tie into municipal sewer.
City utilities staff proposed design and construction of a low-pressure sewer extension on South Street at the Aug. 5 work session to serve properties that currently lack gravity sewer and for some lots that are too small for septic systems. Interim Utilities Director John Bain said the low-pressure system would use individual grinder pumps at properties to feed a small force main that city crews would operate and maintain, avoiding the deep trenches and manholes of a gravity sewer extension.
Why it matters: The project would convert properties on septic — including several vacant lots unsuitable for…
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