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Cleaning & Clogs
Slow drains, backups and blocked main lines.
Trenchless & Replacement
Relining and replacing the line itself.
Local systems
Winthrop systems & permits
Winthrop's sanitary sewer and storm drains are separate systems on paper — the storm side discharges through more than 80 permitted outfalls to the surrounding waters — but the sanitary system leaks badly. The Town's own figures put average daily sewer flow at about 2.3 million gallons against an estimated 0.94 MGD of groundwater infiltration and 0.37 MGD of rainwater inflow, meaning more than half of what Winthrop sends to Deer Island on an average day is water that never should have entered the pipe. That flow moves through 36 miles of gravity main and five pump stations to 22 connection points on MWRA's North Metropolitan trunk, and the Town publishes sanitary sewer overflow advisories to residents.
Sources: stories.opengov.com · winthropma.gov
"The Town sewer system consists of approximately 36 miles of gravity main with five interconnecting automated pump stations. The system has been estimated to have an average daily flow of about 2.3 million gallons per day and an average peak flow of 3.8 MGD. Engineering estimates indicate a daily infiltration (groundwater) of 0.94 MGD and inflow (rainwater) of 0.37 MGD." There are 22 connection points to MWRA's north-metropolitan trunk line, of which 18 are gravity, and roughly 65% of sanitary volume is pumped.
"Flow at the pump stations represents approximately 55% of the daily sewer volume and can accommodate up to 4 MGD," against an average peak flow of 3.8 MGD. Three moderately sized pump stations and two smaller ejector-type stations lift effluent to reach the MWRA system.
The Sewer Division also maintains the Town's storm drain system, "made up of over 1000 catch basins and over 80 permitted outfall pipes that discharge to surrounding waterways." The Town operates a Sanitary Sewer Overflow advisory notification programme with urgent alerts and directs SSO reports to the DPW.
A Town-commissioned drainage analysis of the Harold E. French Square area found that in the existing pipe network "a majority of the pipes are surcharged because they are undersized," with the downtown watershed of roughly 80 acres draining through a single 24-inch pipe to the ocean near Simon J. Donovan Beach.
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Drain & Sewer service in Winthrop, and 66 nearby towns
We cover 67 towns across the North Shore, Greater Boston and southern New Hampshire.
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Essex County
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- Andover
- Ballardvale
- Beverly
- Boxford
- Danvers
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- Georgetown
- Gloucester
- Groveland
- Hamilton
- Haverhill
- Ipswich
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- Manchester by the Sea
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- Merrimac
- Middleton
- Nahant
- Newbury
- Newburyport
- North Andover
- Peabody
- Plum Island
- Rockport
- Rowley
- Salem
- Salisbury
- Saugus
- South Hamilton
- Swampscott
- Topsfield
- Wenham
- West Newbury
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