"We’ve got a sewer system built to handle 4 inches of rain in a 24-hour period, which was great for the 20th Century," said ...

Included in the budget is a $1 increase to the base wastewater rate, a portion of which will fund sewer lateral line repairs.

It includes the replacement of main public sewer pipes and also requires residents to replace their private laterals — pipes beneath homes and within property lines — if they fail a borough ...

said Gary Brown, Detroit Water and Sewerage Department. "That’s repairing the lateral sewer lines." The Biden administration is giving the city money from the Disaster Recovery Grant funds from ...