The water that enters your home comes from a few common sources. Most homes are either supplied by a local town or municipality or by a well water system.
In a municipal supplied water system, the water in your home comes from a reservoir, water tanks, or water towers from a hydraulic or hydrologic pressured fed flow of water through a system of pipes from a pumping station. The water enters your home through your main water line and is distributed throughout the home. The sewer or wastewater in a municipal system leaves home via the sewer line and enters back into the water system to be cleaned in a treatment facility. These are two separate lines that can become corrupted and in need of repair and replacement.
A well water system can trace its origins back to China over six thousand years ago. Until recent centuries, all artificial wells were pumpless hand-dug wells. Current well systems are drilled, driven, or dug into the earth to access water sources such as a water aquifer. The water in this system is pumped into your home via jet pump, submersible pump, or pressurized cistern system. The water enters the home via the main water line similar to the municipal system. The wastewater in this type of system typically runs through the sewer line into a septic tank where the waste material is broken down and disposed of in a drain field.
As the owner of your home in a municipal supplied system, you are responsible for the water and sewer lines that run between your home and the street. Both the main water line and sewer line are the homeowner’s responsibility when they leak or fail and are two distinct service lines. In a well water system, you are responsible for the entire water movement process.
In both the water and sewer line services, there are several issues that can arise leading to several tell-tell signs of a problem. Standing water in your yard means that there is a leak or failure along one of the lines. This could be a collapsed line or one that has roots growing into the system and comprising the line. If there is a failure in the sewer line you will typically see a backed-up toilet, flooding in the home, or worst of all, is a sewer gas smell. This gas is hydrogen sulfide and ammonia which are extremely toxic to humans and animals. Also, in many cases the pitch or grade of the sewer line is incorrect leading to the backup and potential failure of the sewer line. You typically do not see this type of failure in the water supply line as it is pressurized and not in need of a particular pitch.
We at Ultimate Drain Cleaning and Service are here to help with your water and sewer line repairs. We are fully insured and licensed to get the job done right.
