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Can’t the City Drainage crew televise all the sewers and ensure they are maintained before problems occur?

April 26, 2017city crew drainage ensure maintained occur problems sewers televise

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Can’t the City Drainage crew televise all the sewers and ensure they are maintained before problems occur?

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There are approximately 3000 km of pipe in the sanitary and combined (sewers used for both sanitary and stormwater) sewer systems. On a yearly basis we can televise about 150 kilometres. Based on these numbers, it would take 20 years to televise the entire city. Therefore, it is not possible to monitor all the sewer lines for grease buildup on a regular basis.