Who owns the sewer line?

[Alias]

Where I was formerly employed, to the meter. The city didn't want anyone cutting into the streets. City did the meter set and cut the street. Customer was charged for the city's cost of time & materials.

Sue

 

[ADAguy]

Strange the ahj would want some house owner touching the road and main sewer line

so true

 

[Mark K]

If the downspouts run into the sewer line then during heavy rains the sewer system will be over loaded resulting in untreated water being released thus making the City in violation of the pollution laws.

 

[fatboy]

In my jurisdiction......storm water does not enter the sanitary sewer system....ever.........separate systems........

 

[JBI]

Gutters and leaders could redirect the storm water back onto the subject parcel.
Most municipal systems found that being inundated with clean storm water was causing unnecessary expense for sewer districts, requiring separate discharge of storm water to other than the sewer district lines.
Economics.

 

[Mr. Inspector]

They are asking me if my rain gutters are connected to the sewer. I told them I don't know. The sewer pipe goes into the basement floor and the rain gutters go into pipes in the ground. That's all I told them. Never heard anything back.