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Old 12-19-2013, 09:40 AM
 
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Dye testing has been required in many local municipalities for the last 10-15 years. Generally, there is only a minimal cost to get up to code, and pass the test. Of course, most municipalities will allow you to drain your downspouts onto your property.
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Old 12-19-2013, 09:47 AM
 
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Are you sure that it is a drain in your driveway? If it is a small thing, it may just be a vent for your plumbing.



The maps are at the site below. You can do into the office and get a paper one for a reasonable fee. I can't recall if it has more detail or not. I haven't done it in years.

PWSA - Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority
Thanks for the maps... I had a brain fart when looking on the PWSA site and missed these. Looking at my neighborhood and that site, I have a combined line going down my street.


As for the driveway drain, it is a true drain. My driveway slopes downward into my house (garage is below grade). Since I've moved in, I stopped the river that used to flow down my driveway every storm. Coming home from work to a soaked garage and basement was not fun. But, after the city removed an old locust tree, the small leaves no longer collect and plug the drain screen.

As for the $30k expense to tie into the storm drain lines... there a very few people I know who could afford this.
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Old 12-19-2013, 09:47 AM
 
Location: ɥbɹnqsʇʇıd
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The multi-billion dollar sewer overhaul money comes from everybody's taxes. Taking it to pay for one guy's investment property seems much less fair than any alternative.
Right, and since these people pay taxes you'd think the burden wouldn't fall on them. 4000 homes =/= one guy's issues. This is a huge deal.
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Old 12-19-2013, 09:48 AM
 
Location: Manchester
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It has been around since July 2006.

PWSA - Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority

This homeowner bought the house in 2004.
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Old 12-19-2013, 09:52 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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Right, and since these people pay taxes you'd think the burden wouldn't fall on them. 4000 homes =/= one guy's issues. This is a huge deal.
Homes that age needing $30,000 repairs for one reason or another are common. That's why they are cheap enough that the guy is the story is going to let it go into foreclosure rather than pay to fix it.
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Old 12-19-2013, 10:01 AM
 
Location: Manchester
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I just checked out the maps, and my street has a combined line, so I guess it didn't even need a dye test when I bought my house.

Overall I would say the majority of Brookline has a combined line and this is not an issue, and on the street they were discussing on the news it is rather spotty. However, it looks like people in Carrick could be facing some large home repair bills in the future.

Could this have an impact on which neighborhoods will see a turn around in the future? If people can't afford to fix this before selling, do they all just walk away? Is the bank now responsible for fixing this issue?
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Old 12-19-2013, 10:48 AM
 
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Can we hate government for allowing raw sewage into the rivers also? Because that's the only alternative.
I have a great quote for the occasion:

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The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.

-Ronald Reagan
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Old 12-19-2013, 11:04 AM
 
Location: ɥbɹnqsʇʇıd
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Wanting your taxes to actually pay for infrastructure upgrades?

You gosh darn librul pinko commie panty waste free loadin obummer voting fairness doctrine loving welfare queen entitled socialist.

30k for working class neighborhoods ain't squat. Lift yourself up by your bootstraps and stop leeching off the gubment teet.

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Old 12-19-2013, 11:44 AM
 
Location: Currently living in Reddit
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Well hell. Storm sewer by me backed up in a storm last year, then because my driveway drain are downspouts are correctly connected, the storm water backed up into my driveway halfway up my garage doors, flooding garage, basement, laundry to 5" deep. But I couldn't collect anything from the municipality. I hate it when it only works one way.
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Old 12-19-2013, 12:18 PM
 
Location: The canyon (with my pistols and knife)
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Wanting your taxes to actually pay for infrastructure upgrades?

You gosh darn librul pinko commie panty waste free loadin obummer voting fairness doctrine loving welfare queen entitled socialist.

30k for working class neighborhoods ain't squat. Lift yourself up by your bootstraps and stop leeching off the gubment teet.
Here, here! All infrastructure should pay for itself -- except for highways, of course, which should be free because I don't wanna pay a toll just to get to work, dammit!

Just remember, it's not socialism if it mostly benefits Republicans.
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