Re: I missed the "widely accepted practice part" Archived Message
Posted by Riverbender on December 7, 2019, 7:58 pm, in reply to "Re: I missed the "widely accepted practice part""
Yes I understand. My house does the same thing with a rock bed and drain tile around the foundation that feeds a sump pump that drains out in the yard as well as the gutters. I was just pointing out that years ago based upon my experiences everything just about was run into a homes sanitary sewer. It would not surprise me if many of the older homes in our area continue to do the same today. WHen I was young I remember my grandmother having to put a plug type contraption in the basement floor drain because of water coming in when there were heavy rains. I can't say for sure but it would not surprise me that that drain ended up in the sanitary sewers. I do not think there were sewer plant back then as the general consensus was that the river could simply wash all sewage away. I also remember fish being in the cooling water at the old coke plant and being told the water came straight from the river. I never saw a drain though but maybe they used all the excess in the quencher thinking on this and the bug rusty spots on the horizontal surfaces of many a car in the area back then.
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