Why can the sanitary sewer system accept storm water?
The sanitary sewer system is designed to carry household sewage or wastewater from homes to the treatment facilities. While the pipes are sized adequately to handle all sanitary flows, plus an allowance for some inflow and infiltration, excessive storm water entering the sanitary system during severe rainstorms could easily overload it. In most areas storm water is carried through a separate storm system, through drainage ditches, or absorbed into the ground.
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