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Hi-tech helping Erie County save high cost of sewer repairs

WBFO - News Article: Cured in place pipe lining project on Transit Road

Updated: 07/27/2021 - 12:02 pm

Clear Waters Article

A Public Solution to Private Property Infiltration and Inflow : How private properties contribute to sanitary sewer overflows and what we're doing to mitigate.

Updated: 07/27/2021 - 12:02 pm

Tracking COVID-19 in Wastewater - Erie County, New York

Research has shown that humans shed the virus causing COVID-19 (the SARS-CoV-2 virus) in their stool when infected individuals use the bathroom. The Erie County Department of Health and the Erie…

Updated: 07/26/2021 - 3:07 pm

Wipes Clog Pipes

Just because something is labeled “flushable” doesn’t mean that it is also dispersible. Toilet paper, a flushable product, will break down and pass through the sewer system... “flushable wipes”…

Updated: 07/26/2021 - 3:04 pm

Joseph Fiegl, P.E., BCEE
Deputy Commissioner Division of Sewerage Management

Our mission is to provide cost effective, customer oriented wastewater service that protects public health and enhances our natural environment. The DSM's role in this community is to safeguard the environment and our ratepayers through the effective and efficient collection and treatment of sanitary wastewater. A core focus of the DSM is operation and maintenance of six wastewater treatment facilities (also referred to as 'water resource recovery facilities'), close to 100 pumping stations, five overflow retention facilities, and over 1,000 miles of gravity sewer pipe and force mains.