Crews Clean, Take Video of Highland Heights Sewers

Assistant City Engineer Brian Mader said the county and city officials are working to find solutions to flooding problems in several areas of .

On Lander Road, county crews cleaned the sewer and took video to see if there's anything wrong with the main line.

"Hopefully, we can see what's wrong and come up with a fix," he said. "We're also setting up personal meetings with residents to get a full understanding of what's happening."

The Lander Road flooding is puzzling because there are only 40 or 50 houses tying into the sewer line, which is plenty large enough to handle that amount, Mader said.

Mader said the same cleaning and video recording procedure is being followed on Wilson Mills Road.

On Highland Road, residents were sent letters to set up appointments so city workers can go into their houses and see what type of problems they have and work to find a solution.

"The flooding problem on Highland has been going on for long enough," Mader said. "The county has done a survey and the different types of responses will help us figure out what's going on and why somebody gets clear water backup when somebody else gets sewage and why you have a house that floods and then it skips a couple houses and you have another that floods. How can that be if they're all on the same line?"

He added that backflow prevention devices might be a way to provide relief for Highland homeowners until a permanent fix is done.

"Let's do that and help these people. Then we can work on a long-term solution," Mader said.

Radford Drive residents are also due to receive letters. Mader said the county forwarded data from flow monitors and the city will be able to determine who exactly has flooding problems.

"Obviously, we know of three or four residents over there who are getting backup," he said. The data will help find a solution that will not just push the problem somewhere else, Mader added.

One problem area already has a construction project in the works. Jefferson Drive sewers will be relined by the county next spring.

"That's one of the areas targeted because it has a high infiltration rate," Mader said. He added that stormwater entering the sanitary sewers in the Jefferson area might also be contributing to the flooding on Highland Road.