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To: Arrowhead1952
If I opened a manhole cover, would I see sewage flowing?
17 posted on 04/07/2004 8:56:10 AM PDT by Vision (Always Faithful)
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To: Vision
If I opened a manhole cover, would I see sewage flowing?

Nope. Sewage is carried thru large PVC (or in older cases, metal or concrete pipes) to the sewage station. The manhole covers allow access to some of the larger tunnels the pipes run thru.

There are instances where the tunnels carry storm sewer water and the sewage pipes using the same tunnels. The sewage pipes are sealed at each joint. It cannot mix with storm water in the tunnels.

18 posted on 04/07/2004 9:04:08 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Kerry's voting record: Yea. Nay. / Yea. Nay. / Yea. Nay. / Yea. Nay. / Yea. Nay.)
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