HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972 08-10 Infiltration Problems in Maplewood Sewers DISPATCH Infiltration Problems
n Maplewood Sewers
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Groundwater infiltra- SOUTH of Hwy. 36
tion. of Maplewood's along Hazelwood Ave-
sanitary sewers is an nue.
"all too costly prob- NORTH and east of
lem," Village Engineer Beaver Lake.
Bobby.D. Collier says. ' NORTH of Hwy. 212
He estimates that 20 and west of Century Av-
per cent of the flow in enue.
the sewers leaks in, Like Collier, Council-
mostly from cracked man Don Wiegert has
lines and loose connec- raised concern about
tions. the cost implication of.
"It's costly," he ex- infiltration.
plaiped, "because we But he has gone a
are billed by the Metro step further.
Sewer Board based on "I'd like to see us look
the volume of whatever into the possibility of
passes through the sew- rerouting water that
ers, whether it's water may not be unsanitary
or sewage." . that goes into the sani-
Maplewood's bill last tary sewers now," he
year was $386,000. stated, "such as wash-
Twenty per cent of water and water from
that would$77,200. air-conditioners."
"We'll never elimi-
nate all the infiltra-
tion," Collier admitted,
"but it'd be a nice sav-
ings (of $38,600) if we
could get it down to 10
per cent."
In a recent compre-
hensive
study of'the vil-•
lage's sanitary sewer
system, consulting en-
gineers Toltz, King, Du-
vall & Anderson listed
areas. wher "infiltra-
tion" appears to be se-
rious.
They include:
NORTH o: Larpen-
teur Avenue between
Rice Street and the St.
Paul water filtration
plant.
NORTH of Larpen-
teur Avenue between
DeSoto and Edgerton
Streets.
EAST of Edgerton
Street and south of Ro-
selawn Avenue.
ALONG Aracde �
Street north of Rose-
lawn Avenue.
NORTH of County
Road C and east of Ha-
zelwood Avenue. •