Originally Posted By: badger05
Municipalities typically have two separate sewer lines, storm sewer and sanitary. The storm sewer are the drains and inlets along the road that collect rainwater and then empty directly into rivers/lakes. Do not dump anything into the inlets along the road.
The sanitary sewer lines collect wastewater from your house (sink, bathroom) and run to the sewage treament plant before being emptied into rivers or lakes.
A lot of that depends on the age of your city. I've never lived anywhere that didn't have a combined sewer system. Whether it's from a toilet or a storm drain, it all goes to the treatment facility, unless there's a major rainstorm, and then it all gets purged directly into the river.
Municipalities typically have two separate sewer lines, storm sewer and sanitary. The storm sewer are the drains and inlets along the road that collect rainwater and then empty directly into rivers/lakes. Do not dump anything into the inlets along the road.
The sanitary sewer lines collect wastewater from your house (sink, bathroom) and run to the sewage treament plant before being emptied into rivers or lakes.
A lot of that depends on the age of your city. I've never lived anywhere that didn't have a combined sewer system. Whether it's from a toilet or a storm drain, it all goes to the treatment facility, unless there's a major rainstorm, and then it all gets purged directly into the river.