8794-15 Establish pilot program to remove clean water from sanitary sewer

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of the enormous volume of water that enters the system, so it will take time before the removal of each source will produce a noticeable effect. ■ Rain water enters the public sanitary sewer due to the age of the overall system and development in the city. The city needs to find and eliminate as many sources of rain water in its sanitary sewer system as possible. ■ The city's sanitary sewers are properly sized for conveying sewage during dry weath- er. It is only during significant rainfall events that the sanitary and/or combined sewers become overloaded. ■ Financing for rehabilitation and corrections on private property is worth analyzing. Costs often exceed normal expectations of what homeowners can absorb. C. Goals of the Program. The goals of the pilot project are as follows: ■ to improve water quality and achieve compliance with the federal Clean Water Act and Ohio law; ■ to reduce the volume of surface and subsurface water entering the city's sanitary sew- er system; ■ to reduce overflows into the Rocky River and Lake Erie; ■ to reduce the occurrence of basement flooding; and ■ to develop a source - control program that considers the financial impact on the resi- dents and technical effectiveness as the city looks toward future citywide programs, corrections and compliance initiatives. D. Authority for the Program. The city is operating under the resolution establishing the pilot program in 2015. Under Chapters 901, 913 and 917 of the Codified Ordinances, the city may inspect, sample, test and order correction of all instances of improper sewer connections from private property to the city's sewer system, and the infiltration of storm water into the sani- tary sewers on private property. The city may also require that all storm water goes from homes to the storm system, and all sanitary water goes from homes to the sanitary system. The pilot program will permit the city and homeowners to make necessary corrections on private property without having to impose some of the more difficult penalty provisions, such as injunctive relief, prosecution and the like, upon affected homeowners. E. Scope of the Program. The city has engaged its own employees and contractors to conduct physical inspection and testing of sewer connections on properties included in the pilot program. They will access each basement and yard after arranging a time with you. They will attempt to video existing conditions in the pipes leading to and from your home. They will in- ventory all sewer connections, identify design options for the correction of any violations, and arrange for and conduct corrections of those violations. Some common inflow and infiltration sources to be addressed in the pilot program are illustrated in the following diagram: City of Lakewood Clean Water Pilot Project Program Guide Page 4