Do not flush: Sanford residents asked to limit toilet usage due to heavy rainfall.

ClickOrlando.com (WKMG NEWS 6) ^ | September 21, 2020 | Daniel Dahm

[L.A.Justice]

SANFORD, Fla. – The city of Sanford on Sunday implored residents to limit toilet flushing after significant rainfall impacted sewers.

In a Facebook post, the city said, “The sanitary sewer system is experiencing a surcharge condition due to rainwater entering the sewers, this impacts the ability of the system to process normal sewer flow. We are asking customers to limit toilet flushing and other activities that contribute to sewer flow for the next 24 hours.”

Heavy rain fell across Central Florida over the weekend, with some areas receiving up to 12 inches of rain.

Conditions are expected to dry out over the next few days.

[AnxiouslyWaiting]

Yeah I don’t get it. Florida gets heaps of rain too. City better get it together!

[moovova]

Dem governors orders now require flush-meters to be installed on all residential commodes.

Personally, I miss the good old days of straight piping directly into the creek.

[Rockingham]

Even in Florida, sewer systems are local in nature. As for Sanford, it resides on the shore of Lake Monroe, a large body of water that is the head of navigation for the St. Johns river. Although Sanford has an elevation of some 35 feet or so above sea level, I have seen a hurricane swollen Lake Monroe overflow its banks to flood many of downtown Sanford’s streets. The current problem is the more frequent one of Florida’s tendency toward heavy thunderstorms.

[Pollard]

I’ve sailed on Lake Monroe and the St Johns. Learned to sail on Lake Jessup. After an hour, they guy teaching me told me about it being the most gator infested body of water in FL.(but no pressure LOL)

I lived in Orange/Seminole counties for 25 years and have seen the flooding, pretty much everywhere. The water table is only a few feet down and the more surface you cover with concrete, the less chance water has to soak in. Only so much can soak in with a high water table like that anyway. Most jurisdictions are now requiring retention ponds for any sizable project. In one area I lived, any septic tank that needed to be replaced would have to be raised up and an affluent pump used to pump your sewage up to it. Most had to do it in their front yard. They would try to landscape it but it still looked odd.

[Oatka]

"If it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down". That was a PSA in NYC in the mid 80's when they had a drought.

That was pushed in So. Cal. back in the '70s. People conserved so much water the utilities complained of lower revenue - so they raised the rates.

Sign in a So. Cal. men's room: "Flush twice, it's a long way to LA".

[Impala64ssa]

People conserved so much water the utilities complained of lower revenue - so they raised the rates.
That's what happened in Rockland County, NY during the 1973 oil embargo. They issued PSAs urging people to cut back on electricity and gas usage. So my parents did just that,I remember helping my dad put up clear plastic over the windows and my mom would make sure the thermostat was turned down and the lights were off in any unoccupied rooms. Sure enough their next utility bill was lower. Until the Bd of Directors asked for a rate hike. They had the balls to say that because so many people did what they were told and reduced their gas and electric usage they were losing revenue, and bad bing! They got their rate increases.