This week Davenport announced it would be taking an extensive look
into repairing cracks--- And wear and tear in the 400 plus miles of Davenport sanitation
sewer piping.
In order to do this,
expensive cameras are used to map sewage lines-- but this equipment only lasts
so long.
And while the people of Davenport can be looking
for sewage fees to go up, they aren't the only ones.
The city of Davenport is looking into
new mapping equipment that could cost taxpayers as much as $500,000
But cities like Moline are also looking
into getting new equipment as well that is worth over$300,00
What could this mean for
you? Cleaner sewers but higher fees.
Davenport currently has
two trucks to deal with these issues -- One to map the whole city, by D-N-R
regulation, and another, like that used by city maintenance employees to find
problems wherever they might be.
"Things have gotten
better as far as picture, getting through bad sections of pipe, being able to
crawl a little bit better," says Sewer Engineer Brian Schadt
Moline is looking into a new 328,000 dollar investment
into a new truck and camera unit for their mapping technology.
