City Services, Flood Coverage, Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day, Sept. 7 2012

Video of Crescentwood Road combined sewer

The Photo of the Day for September 7, 2012 is actually a sewer video, which can be viewed if you scroll down (not on the right).

I went to the Ward 35 flooding meeting last night hosted by Councillor Michelle Berardinetti and saw that officials from Toronto Water were showing video of a sewer inspection on Crescentwood Road.

I was intrigued because Crescentwood was one of the streets that was hardest hit by basement flooding after the July 15th rain storm.

The video was taken with a sewer scope on August 8, 2012 when everything was flowing normally again.  It is a combined sewer that deals with sewage and stormwater and I was surprised to learn that it is only 825 mm (32 inches) in diameter.

The video’s a little shaky because I used my iPhone to record off of their laptop.

Fyi – when the camera stops it is showing a connection to a home. The first two connections have been capped, which is why you can’t see the pipe.

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