October 07, 2005
Sewer Solutions
Anyone notice the long pipes coming out of manholes all over town? One runs from The Huron Street Parking lot all the way through the post office parking to Broadway. There are others.
Last night I asked City Manager Kevin Anderson what they were.
I won't have the technical details, but basically it's a cool bandaid fix on old sewer infrastructure. A sleeve is inserted into the pipes, then super-heated to make it adhere to the original pipe, creating a very strong pipe. They are also dealing with lots of tree root invasion and videotaping the length of the system.
That makes me feel quite a bit better about reducing the chance of the sh*t hitting the fan, so to speak, in our basements.
Posted by Elaine at October 7, 2005 09:07 AM
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If anyone is interested in learning a little more about this process, the website for sliplining can be found at:
http://www.insituform.com/howwedoit/sliplining_insituform.htm
Posted by: Tim Stegeman at October 7, 2005 06:47 PM