Sacramento running out of time for costly fixes on aging sewers

[ensho]

http://www.sacbee.com/2011/11/07/4035039/sacramento-running-out-of-time.html


Beneath its surface, Sacramento is a decrepit city.

Hundreds of miles of concrete and clay pipe that carry sewage and stormwater to treatment plants and eventually to the Sacramento River are old, some dating back to the early 1900s.

Replacing all that pipe will cost an estimated $2.4 billion. That's six new downtown sports arenas, or two new Terminal B's at Sacramento International Airport.

It's a sum that will require raising residents' utility bills by a still-unknown amount – but city officials say they can't keep putting off the job.

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money, money, money

[HopeHoops]

1. DC has the same problem, but they call it K Street.

[Uben]

2. There is a solution.....

...it's called sewer slip pipe. What they do is pull HDPE (high density polyethylene)pipe thru existing sewer pipe, eliminating the need for complete removal of existing pipe. The HDPE pipe is non-biodegradable, so it will be there forever, and it will not crack and chances of leaks are all but eliminated. I worked for a company who produced the slip pipe. It was revolutionary back in the eighties, and has since been installed in many cities across the U.S. We sold the pipe for the city of Phoenix back in the eighties. It's expensive, but it requires less time and is a permanent fix.

[ensho]

3. thanks for this info - its a wonder more cities don't use it

nt