Posted: | January 2, 2014 01:23 PM |
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From: | Senator Wayne D. Fontana |
To: | All Senate members |
Subject: | Co Sponsorship: Private Lateral Sewage Line Improvement/Repair |
When it rains or when snow melts, excess water can overload a sewer system resulting in sewage overflows into area creeks, streams and rivers. To help protect and regulate the discharges into U.S. waterways, Congress passed in 1972 the Clean Water Act that funds the construction of municipal wastewater treatment facilities and requires the management of polluted storm water runoffs. My legislation would go a step further and provide homeowners with assistance on this matter. In the near future, I plan to introduce legislation that would address a major cause of wet weather overflows which are related to deteriorating private lateral sewage lines draining into the public sewer system. In order to provide public funding to assist homeowners in repairing these malfunctioning laterals, my legislation would allow municipalities to use public funds for the improvement, extension, repair or rehabilitation of private lateral sewage lines connected to public sewer systems where the municipality or municipal authority determines that such activities will benefit the public sewer system. |
Introduced as SB1262