Sanitary sewers are now up to handling normal system usage in Lakeshore.
Residents were being asked to conserve water because a portion of the town’s sanitary sewer system was operating at capacity, following Wednesdays heavy rainfall and snow melt.
The town sanitary sewer system from West Puce Rd. east to Rourke Line from Lake St. Clair to the County Road 22 corridor and neighbouring side streets was at full capacity.
Lakeshore Mayor Tom Bain referred to it as a ‘precautionary measure.’ Council even passed a sewage management plan when dealing with these circumstances.
“I believe the total cost is around $350,000 for that but in the long run when you see the dollars that it costs us during the last two years with flooding,” says Bain. “That’s a small price especially if we can resolve some of those problems.”
The town had requested all residents avoid doing laundry, running dishwashers, taking showers and flushing the toilet until the system had a chance to catch up and was operating back at normal levels.
