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Posts Tagged ‘private sewer lateral’

EPA fines Oakland and municipal utility district for sewage discharge violations

By Salina Nasir | May 3, 2018
Oakland’s Public Works Department maintains over 900 miles of sewage infrastructure. Most of the parts are 50 years old, but some were built over a century ago.

Last week, the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) and five East Bay communities were fined $389,300 in penalties for violating the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2014 Clean Water Act settlement. Oakland was penalized the most harshly, collecting $226,500 worth of those fines for its failure to both repair its sewage system’s defects and to prevent…

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New ordinance will require Oakland property owners to replace leaking sewer pipes

By Brittany Schell | December 8, 2011 | 3
Aging sewer laterals become clogged or let in excess rainwater, which can cause raw sewage to overflow into the street.

As the new year approaches, Oakland officials are preparing residents for a new ordinance that will require certain property owners to replace their leaking sewer pipes. The regional Private Sewer Lateral (PSL) program—already in effect in Emeryville, Piedmont, El Cerrito, Kensington and Richmond— will start in Oakland on January 16.

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