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PROPERTY OWNERS: Need help repairing a leaky <br />sewer pipe or disconnecting a foundation drain? <br />MCES AND YOUR CITY ARE <br />WORKING TO REDUCE I/I <br />Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES) <br />has measured excessive flow of clear water (also called <br />inflow and infiltration, or 1 /1) into the regional sanitary <br />sewer system from your city. <br />Clear water gets into sanitary sewers in several ways. <br />Two common private sources are aging, leaky service <br />laterals that run from houses and other buildings to the <br />street sewer pipe, and foundation drains that are <br />connected to the sewer system. <br />It's an environmental problem. 1/1 can cause sewage <br />back -ups into homes or spills into the environment. And <br />once the clear water gets into the sewer, it will be <br />treated, discharged into a river, and lost to Minnesota <br />instead of infiltrating into our groundwater aquifers for <br />use by future generations. <br />It's a costly problem, too. Property owners, through <br />their municipal utility bills, pay for the unnecessary <br />treatment of this clear water, which takes up expensive <br />capacity in sewer pipes and treatment plants. <br />Your city is working to reduce 1/1 in your local sewer. <br />system. Your property may have been inspected already, <br />with the result that you need to make repairs. Or an <br />inspection may be in your future. <br />