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Sewer systems will handle all typical household waste. However, do not allow the following items to enter the toilets & drains, including but not limited to:
*It is fine to use a garbage disposal with the sewer system, as long as any of the items above aren’t put in it.
*Complimentary magnets with this list & grease containers available for customers. Contact us to request magnets, signs and grease containers. We can mail you magnets, and the grease containers can be picked up at our Summerdale office during office hours.
*BCSS offers decorative bathroom and kitchen signs that request guests keep items out of the drains at two signs per customer at no charge. More signs can be purchased through Identity Signs at a low price.
Pumps installed by BCSS after July 15, 2010 do not have audible alarms.
Pour larger amounts of excess grease into a sealed container to recycle or throw away. BCSS provides free grease containers and encourages you to take your full containers to any of these locations so the grease can be properly discarded or recycled into biodiesel by other local utilities.
If you don’t have a grinder pump and there’s a sewer back-up or overflow:
If you have a grinder pump and the alarm is on for more than 15 minutes:
If there has been heavy rain and there’s flooding around the pump, turn the pump’s breaker switch off in the main breaker box until flooding subsides. When there’s no flooding, or if flooding has diminished and the light remains on:
With a float system pump, you can press the PUSH TO RUN button inside of the pump’s panel box, then remove the pump lid and see if anything is stuck in the pump or if any floats are stuck to the side of the basin. If you’re qualified to do so, you could try to remove any blockages (with something like a fish net) and clean the basin and floats with dish soap and a garden hose.
