Tredyffrin Sewer Lines To Be Flushed Next Week

TREDYFFRIN TOWNSHIP, PA — Crews in Tredyffrin Township will be conducting routine sewer maintenance throughout the township the first week of June.

The work will take place on several township roads from June 1 to June 5.

Those roads are:

• North Valley Road from West Central Avenue to Fox Hill Lane
• Pugh Road from West Valley Road to Jeffrey Lane
• North Valley Forge Road from Conestoga Road to Devon State Road
• Conestoga Road from Margo Lane to Cassatt Avenue
• Berkley Road from Avon Road to Lancaster Avenue
• Lancaster Avenue from Berkley Road to Old Eagle School Road
• Swedesford Road to the Pump Station on North Wilson Road to include behind Hayward Road, Knox Court and Morgan Lane.

As part of a program to minimize problems with the sanitary sewer lines, the township perform flushing and video inspections of sewer lines.

During flushing, crews use a high-pressure nozzle to go between manholes, using the water to scour or clean the lines. Many township sewer lines run through right of ways in residents' yards and there may be times when crews need to take equipment through the right of ways to access sewer lines.

Residents in the cleaning area should be aware of the following:

• During the video process, you will only see township crews working in the manholes in the area.
• During the flushing process, you may hear a gurgling sound or bubbling in the toilet bowl and in rare cases, a small amount of water may splash out of your toilet bowl itself. The causes of this are air movement from the normal cleaning process from the high pressure line, a plugged roof vent in the home, the sewer line running close to the building or the size and complexity of the home’s waste and ventilation system. To minimize any splashing out of your bowl, make it a habit to keep your lid down.
• You may smell sewer gas from your drains; if this occurs, flush your toilet(s) and pour water into your drains.
• Sanitary sewer cleaning does not damage your sewer system. The water may come out in rare cases and comes from water that is normally in your homes system (traps) and not water from the sanitary sewer system in the street.

Residents with questions about the sewer work can contact the Public Works Office at 610-408-3620.