Storm sewers. These move stormwater into a nearby body of water to prevent flooding around homes or businesses. Combined sewers. These carry both wastewater and stormwater to sewage treatment facilities. However, these types of sewer systems are not common anymore due to the difficulty of cleaning ...
This article describes the types of trees, shrubs, or similar plants that should or should not be planted over or near septic fields or other septic system components. Planting trees, shrubs, and even some ground covers over septic system components are causes of septic system failure in the ...
The end point of this system is the wastewater treatment plant, i.e., the discharge into the recipient. In short, the basic tasks of the sewer system are as follows: Continuous collection of wastewater in a defined system area; Safe transport of wastewater to wastewater treatment plants; ...