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Lititz Borough staff brief council on sewer cleanouts and lead-service‑line inventory
Summary
Public works staff described ownership lines of demarcation, a borough inventory process for missing sewer cleanouts and lead service lines, and the homeowner obligation to replace service material; staff reported 4,500 water connections and preliminary inventory counts submitted to PA DEP.
Rob, a public-works staff member, told the council that borough ordinance language drawn in 1963 establishes the typical ownership demarcation for sewer laterals: the homeowner is generally responsible from the house to the curb, and the borough is responsible from the curb to the sewer main in the street. "Basically, for the sewer side, the homeowner is responsible from the house the whole way out to the curb, and then from the curb out to the main sewer line in the street is the responsibility of the borough," Rob said.
Rob and other staff focused council attention on two issues: (1) missing or damaged sewer cleanout caps at the curb, which allow public-works crews to clear…
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