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City of Peshtigo Smoke Testing Program

City of Peshtigo Smoke Testing Program

The City of Peshtigo has experienced recent sewer system overflow events that have been partly due to high wet weather flows.  R/M assisted in performing a smoke testing program as part of the City’s sewer system evaluation survey (SSES).

Private Lateral Maintenance Strategies to Meet CMOM Goals

Private Lateral Maintenance Strategies to Meet CMOM Goals

Some of the primary goals of CMOM programs are to protect public health, avoid basement backups, prevent sanitary sewer overflows, and protect the infrastructure investment.  Municipalities place high emphasis on investigating private laterals in addition to the public sewers when they experience higher flows at their wastewater management facilities, sewers surcharge, or basements backup during wet weather events.