Sewer backup causes

3/1/2022 (Permalink)

Sewer backup causes

While sewage backups are not the cause of most basement water problems, the Civil Engineering Research Foundation states that the number of backed up sewers is increasing at an alarming pace of roughly 3% each year. Sewer backups can be caused by a variety of factors; here are some of the most prevalent.

Sewerage systems that are getting old? According to the American Society of Civil Engineers, the nation's 500,000-plus miles of sewer pipes are on average more than thirty years old. The increased number of residences connected to aged sewage systems has also contributed to an increase in sanitary sewer backups, flooded basements, and overflows.

Pipelines that connect? Problems develop when storm water and raw sewage are combined in the same pipeline. During many rainstorms, the systems are subjected to greater volume than they can handle, resulting in a sewage backup situation in which sewage spills into basements and other low-lying drains.

https://www.iii.org/article/protect-your-house-from-sewer-backups

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