Under the pilot project, the district will pay to disconnect the downspouts of 90 homes from the sanitary sewer system. Then, the district will collect data to see if the disconnections reduce the overflow. Officials will hold meetings at 2 and 7 p.m. today at Lakeside Christian Church for homeowners who were selected to participate in the program. Since the district took over treating waste of the majority of the cities in Kenton, Campbell and Boone counties in 1995, officials have been working on a regional facilities plan. Sewer lines in Lakeside Park have been repaired but there is still overflow when it rains.
Officials say the water is coming from private connections to the sewage system.
Jeff Eger, sanitation district general manager, said the average dry-weather flow in the area is 150,000 gallons per day, but during last month's heavy rain the flow reached 2.2 million gallons. It is against why we exist and it needs to be fixed. State and federal regulations require us to do it, as well. It is illegal in Kentucky to directly connect downspouts to the sewer system but many people do it. The sanitation district currently does not enforce the no-connection policy.