Does CCWSA ever have spills of raw sewage from its collection system?
The answer is yes. No sewage collection system is completely sealed so it will never leak. However, CCWSA is ever diligent to use its best efforts to minimize such occurrences. In calendar year 2006, CCWSA responded to 12 sewage spills. Of these 12, two were caused by construction work breaking sewer lines, three were caused by mechanic failures in the system, and seven were caused by grease, roots, or other debris in the sewer lines. These spills resulted in the release of 181,552 gallons of wastewater in total. To give this perspective, this is 181,552 gallons out of a total 2.1 billion gallons of wastewater that traversed our collection system and was treated in our wastewater treatment facilities in 2006, a mere 9 one-thousandths of one percent of total flow. In 2007 CCWSA had 13 sewage spills that resulted in the release of 68,190 gallons of wastewater. Ten of the spills were associated with debris or grease in the collection system. The other three were associated with constructi
