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Originally Posted by jaysb
Makes sense, when I lived there from 11-16 NLNA was pushing hard on the run-off mitigation with rain barrels etc.
I wasn't as much concerned with the plants themselves, rather what happens to the local pipes when you drop some pretty dense developments into what was historically row homes...
Anyway, appreciate the answers.
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Again, I'm not entirely sure how it works in Philadelphia, but in my area if a new residential development is going in and the sewer pipes are not sized to handle the increase in usage then the developer is required to upsize the sewage pipes so that they are able to handle the increase in sewage. But I feel like we don't usually see new developments in Philadelphia digging up the road for sanitary sewers. So either the existing pipes are large enough, no one is thinking about this and they are actually undersized or the City upgrades the sewer lines as needed as populations increases in different areas.
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