San Bruno CA: Open Letter To Council Candidates - Sewer Infrastructure

Open Letter to San Bruno Council Candidates:

A citizen has provided the following questions asking that you supply your answers for posting in San Bruno Patch. San Bruno Patch will publish your reply.

Regarding sewer infrastructure:

1. Council members and city staff have often referred to the sewer infrastructure as “old.” This explains, we are told, why we have sewer overflows and line failures. The City does respond to sewage overflows, but

Q#1 - Should the City be able to anticipate such overflows? If not, why not?

Q# 2 - WHAT WOULD BE YOUR long range plan to modernize the sewer system?

3. The City now has a truck equipped with a video camera (with a rotating head) to inspect main sewer lines.

Q# 3 - WHAT WOULD BE YOUR long range plan to perform a complete inspection of all the main sewer lines? (A long range plan can be 5 to 10 years).

Q# 4 - In what area would YOU recommend the video inspection begin?

Q# 5 - Will YOU recommend that citizens be informed of the video sequence and the findings? If not, why not?

Q# 6 - How long do YOU anticipate it will take to complete the inspection of all sewer main lines?

Q# 7 - Will YOU support repair priorities be established based on the severity of the damage observed via video? If not, why not?

8. Some of the main lines were installed before residential construction took place.

Q# 8 - Will YOU review line capacity based on sewage discharge in each neighborhood? If not, why not. Some present lines have insufficient capacity to drain sewage.

Q# 9 – What is YOUR long range plan to finance repairs and modernization of the sewer system?

Your closing thoughts:

Thank You

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Robert Riechel

For San Bruno Patch

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