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PUBLIC WORKS
SNOW REMOVAL
Shoveling Tips
After a snowstorm, how many times have you shoveled your driveway only to have it plowed in?
Below are some tips to avoid being plowed in:
• Clear an area to the right of your driveway to give the snow on the blade of the plow a place
to empty before it gets to your driveway. This way you will not have to do the same job twice.
• Eliminate snow piles at the end of the
driveway. High accumulations of snow CLEAR
can obstruct the vision of motorists, THESE
posing a safety hazard. DRIVEWAY AREAS
PILE
• It is unlawful to push snow from a SNOW
HERE
parking lot, driveway, or sidewalk onto
the street.
SEWER
Public Sewer System
The sanitary sewer user rates increased second management of costs. The Township pays both
quarter of 2020. This was due to the degree of York City (and soon the potential treatment
repairs necessary to be scheduled for plant buyer) and Springettsbury Township by
maintenance on the system such as the gallon for sewage treatment. You can help
replacement of sewer mains, repair of leaking by disconnecting the following that tie into the
laterals, and replacement of deteriorating sanitary sewer system: sump pumps, floor
manholes. The Township regularly televises the drains, and roof leaders. We will do our part by
sewer mains looking for cracks, sags in the investigating the system for leaks and faults as
pipe, and water inflow and infiltration. well as repairing located defects.
Unfortunately, sewer rates will not remain
stagnant; the age of the conveyance system
and the sale of the York City Sewer Treatment
Plant will result in increases in 2022 and over
the next several years. We will do our part by
analyzing the cost of projects and budget
conservatively for unexpected repairs before
proposing rate increases. Any increases to
services are addressed at the Board of
Commissioners meetings which are publicly
held and advertised.
What is inflow and infiltration (I&I) into a
sanitary sewer system? Infiltration enters a
sewer system through malfunctioning pipe Want to learn more about the York City Sewer
joints, breaks, cracks, or manhole faults. Inflow Treatment Plant sale? The impact to Business
generally occurs when rainfall enters the and Citizens is that sewer rates may
system through connections such as roof significantly increase year over year. As a
leaders, yard drains, sump pumps, and faulty result, loss of economic development
manhole covers and frame seals. opportunity could occur because the potential
The mitigation of I&I is vital to caring for the owner is an investor-owned company and
environment and capital investment in the accountable to its shareholders –
sewer system and treatment facilities. The NOT the communities it serves.
more I&I that is controlled, the better the Visit: https://yorkregionalsewer.com
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