(Cleveland)- It’s something you don’t see every day, smoke coming out of a manhole or sewer line, but that’s just what you might see in the next few weeks in Cleveland.
The city has undertaken a major project to find where there are breaks in the sewer system and where unnecessary groundwater flow is getting in.
City Manager Tom O’Bryant says, “It’s pretty standard practice, it’s new for the city of Cleveland, it’s the first time we have ever done it.”
Smoke is pumped into the system and workers will follow along looking for places where it escapes. Homeowners are asked to report the smoke to City Hall if smoke shows up near or in your home.
The process began Monday on Campbell Street and Tuesday and Wednesday they will be testing parts of Campbell and Hood Streets.
O’Bryant says they will be doing this all over the city.
“We will be moving through the city, different sections, and what we will do is continue the protocol of notifying everybody, we’ll advertise in the paper where it’s going to be, we do telephone callouts, and we are also placing yard sale signs or real estate signs in those areas where we are scheduled to do the tests,” he says.
O’Bryant assures residents that the smoke is nontoxic.
