At the joint Water and Sewer Commissions’ meeting in October, Sewer Superintendent Dylan Chase had said what was thought to be a clog of an inn’s “lateral” sewer line on Beach Avenue this summer could have been from the collapse of the pipe. The lateral lines go from the building or home to the municipal sewer lines that are usually under the roads. The lateral lines are the responsibility of the property owner, but since the oldest lines go back to 1974, several could be starting to develop problems. The oldest lines are made of concrete-asbestos, which over time, could crumble. With a camera truck coming to inspect other lines, Chase said he wouldlike “to get eyes on them.”“We need to come up with a plan,” said Sewer Commission Chair Pete McNerney. “We have some old lines of our own.”Chase said the situation could be costly, and resources would be needed.
“The other thing is, when you start putting a camera down that line,” added McNerney, “you could damage the line.”
Fast forward to this past week when two Truax (“We keep things flowing”) trucks were on the island, one “camera-ing” the lines and another cleaning them out.
