City Of Oldsmar To Use Smoke To Test For Sewer Line Defects

OLDSMAR, FL — On Thursday, Feb. 11 and Friday, Feb. 12, residents living on 418-805 Shore Drive East, Sunny Point Court and Sunny Point Terrace will be subject to smoke testing of sewer lines.

If there is someone in your home or business who has respiratory problems and is immobile, notify the city at 813-749-1226 prior to testing.

Residents on these streets are asked to pour a gallon of water in each drain prior to testing.

If smoke enters your home during the test, there is a good reason to assume that dangerous sewer gases may also be entering your home or business. You should evacuate immediately and notify the work crew.

If you are not home and discover smoke when you return, call 813-749-1226.

The white to gray smoke you see coming from vent stacks on houses or holes in the ground is non-toxic, non-staining, has no odor and creates no fire hazard. The smoke should not enter your home unless you have defective plumbing or dried-up drain traps.

The smoke test survey will assist inspection crews in locating breaks and defects in the sewer system.

For information, click here.