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Rocky Mount staff, consultants outline multi-part plan to address sanitary sewer overflows
Summary
City staff and consultants told the council during a work session that sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) in Rocky Mount are driven by broken pipes, private-side inflow and infiltration, and wet-weather events; they recommended expanded inspection, an asset management plan, regional cooperation and a funding strategy.
Ken Bridal, a consultant with Withers, and city staff presented a multi-part approach to sanitary sewer overflows to the Rocky Mount City Council work session, describing causes, limits of local authority and options for managing repeated wet-weather discharges. "Sanitary sewer overflow is an issue that we don't want to have to deal with, but unfortunately, we have to keep plugging away at it," said mister Barney, introducing the consultants.
Bridal told the council that the state recorded 1,326 sanitary sewer overflows in 2024 and that 15 of those originated in Rocky Mount. He described root intrusion, collapsed pipe sections, private-side inflow and fats, oil and grease as common causes and framed the city's technical choices as three broad tactics drawn from EPA guidance: remove (repair/replace), convey (send extra flow to the treatment plant), or store (detain during storms). "There's…
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