Tree roots naturally grow into sewer lines as they are a source of additional water and nutrients. Some signs of tree roots in sewer lines are sinkholes, soft spots in the yard, slow drains, gurgling ...

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Q: For the past several years, we’ve had ongoing problems with our old clay sewer main. The line has to be rooted every few months, and the cost to install a new line would be about $15,000. Why is ...

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The Eagle River Water and Sanitation District has begun an investigation into overactive tree roots that have breached the large-diameter sewer main, or interceptor, that conveys large volumes of flow ...

Kerrie Brown, lead televising equipment operator with the City of Cedar Rapids looks at a map of the sewer system while operating a sewer camera during a job in Cedar Rapids on May 18. (Savannah Blake ...