Smoke Testing in Wagener Sewer System

NOTICE:  Smoke Testing Sewer Lines

Wagener is conducting a smoke test of our sanitary sewer system.  Work crews will be working around town around the end of April and most of May.

A "Smoke Test" survey will assist our inspection crews in locating breaks and defects in our sewer system.  The smoke you see coming from the vent stacks on houses or holes in the ground is non-toxic, non-staining, odorless, white to gray in color and creates no fire hazard.

              The smoke should not enter your home unless you have defective plumbing or dried up drain taps.

It is advisable for the home owner to pour a gallon of water into each floor drain prior to our testing.  If smoke enters your home, there is good reason to assume that dangerous sewer gases may also be entering your home or business.  You should evacuate immediately and notify our work crews.