Cleaning Out City Sewers
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Now, before the rainy season hits Los Angeles, is the time for city maintenance crews to have work orders to clean out our sewers, which are filled with many years’ accumulation of trash, leaves and gunk. While the city’s recent blue-stenciled message on most sewers--”No dumping. This drains to ocean”--should help, it won’t rid the drains of many years’ layers of muck. Should we get heavy rains this season, these clogged sewers cannot carry away the water quickly enough. Street flooding will cause danger to motorists and pedestrians, plus potential backup into some homes.
Only once during the past 26 years in the San Fernando Valley can I recall a drain on our cul-de-sac being dredged by the city. This after a call was made by residents, since children played in that area and a stench was coming from the sewer.
Clean sewers will help prevent future flooding on Los Angeles streets and potential legal action against the city.
MARILYN WARD FLOYD
Chatsworth
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