Well, this sure won't happen here as we know where our sewer lines are,* but an interesting lawsuit was filed in Scranton, Pennsylvania last month. Unknown, old sewer pipes under private property needed easements by the company that bought the old sewer system. Homeowners were offered too small of a compensation for those easements, which would allow the new company to dig up their property if the sewer lines needed work.
http://lancasteronline.com/news/pennsylvania/scranton-homeowners-file-suit-over-undisclosed-sewer-lines/article_db853374-be76-5eda-9dcd-bf877d0455d8.html
Unlikely that our Board of Supes would sell our sewer system to an private company, but it is good to know what goes on elsewhere in the world of sewer.
Happy New Year to all who read this blog, all two of you!
* Sewer easements did occur here in Los Osos, allowing the sewer pipes of one property owner to cross under property of another. Hopefully, this was in the county-owned right -of-way, so no legal mess would occur here like in the above mentioned story. Documentation of pipes has improved in this town as old, unknown pipes were hit accidentally and marked for future excavation.
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