Suffolk to smoke test sewer lines to locate deficiencies

Suffolk to smoke test sewer lines to locate deficiencies

This month, The City of Suffolk's Public Utilities will be testing the sanitary sewer pipes for any deficiencies and residents may start to see smoke in some areas."If smoke resides in the pipeline, if there are any defects in the pipe, often it will escape the pipeline and we will see that come up above ground," explained Paul Retel, Director of Public Utilities. "Sometimes we will see it come out of storm water structures. Sometimes it'll come…