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CUSTOMER SERVICE Home Start New Service Login to Pay Bill Customer Service FAQ Understanding Your Bill Automatic Bill Payment Sign up to Pay Bill Online Service Problems Past Due Account Discontinue Service Change of Address User Rates Availability, Inspection and Other Fees Consumer Confidence Reports For Engineers ABOUT US About Us News and Media The Pipeline video newsletter Community Outreach Programs Board of Directors Officials Board Meeting Schedule Careers Customer Responsibilites Get to Know Your Water Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Planning, Business and Development Procurement Sitemap MORE LINKS Our Environment RFP and IFB Announcements Privacy		Sewage Back-ups Are Rare, But... Fortunately, main line sewage back-ups don’t happen very often –- less than 20 times each year. That’s not a bad record considering the almost 500 miles of sewer mains and 48,000 lateral connections the Service Authority operates and maintains. But, it’s important to know in advance what to do if it happens at your house. What to Do First? If a sewage back-up occurs, take immediate steps to seal sink, tub and floor drains. Plug toilets with something like a string mop or wad of rags. Try to determine if the blockage is in your household plumbing alone, or if it is in the main sewer line. Call neighbors and ask if they are experiencing any back-up or slowness in their drains. If so, the problem may be in the main sewer line. Next... Call Us....24-hrs. (703) 335-7990 If in doubt, call us. The Service Authority has 24-hour response to emergencies like this. Consider Getting Insurance You may wish to purchase a rider on your homeowner’s or renter’s insurance policy that would protect you in case of sewage back-ups. Such coverage would pay for repairs and replacement of items destroyed by flooding far beyond the courtesy clean-up offered by the Service Authority. If you live in an area where a sewage back-up has occurred before, you may wish to consider getting this type of insurance; usually for only about twenty-five dollars per year.		ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP Drinking Water and Water Reclamation Consumer Confidence Reports Going Green Chesapeake Bay Watershed Conservation Tips Only Tap Water Delivers For Kids and Teachers Decrease the Grease! Conservation House Before You Put it Down the Drain Leak Detection Espanol RELATED LINKS Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) American Water Works Association (AWWA) Water Environment Federation (WEF) Miss Utility Metropolitan Washington Council of Goverments Global Water Sanitations and Health International Water and Sanitation Centre Thames Water–World Water (This site contains links to web sites owned by third parties. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and are not an endorsement by PWCSA of the contents on those other sites. PWCSA is not responsible for the content of any linked sites and makes no representations regarding the content or accuracy of materials on such sites. If you decide to visit any third-party sites using links from this site, you do so at your own risk.)

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Sewage Back-ups Are Rare, But...
Fortunately, main line sewage back-ups don’t happen very often –- less than 20 times each year. That’s not a bad record considering the almost 500 miles of sewer mains and 48,000 lateral connections the Service Authority operates and maintains. But, it’s important to know in advance what to do if it happens at your house.

What to Do First?
If a sewage back-up occurs, take immediate steps to seal sink, tub and floor drains. Plug toilets with something like a string mop or wad of rags. Try to determine if the blockage is in your household plumbing alone, or if it is in the main sewer line. Call neighbors and ask if they are experiencing any back-up or slowness in their drains. If so, the problem may be in the main sewer line.

Next... Call Us....24-hrs. (703) 335-7990
If in doubt, call us. The Service Authority has 24-hour response to emergencies like this.

Consider Getting Insurance
You may wish to purchase a rider on your homeowner’s or renter’s insurance policy that would protect you in case of sewage back-ups. Such coverage would pay for repairs and replacement of items destroyed by flooding far beyond the courtesy clean-up offered by the Service Authority. If you live in an area where a sewage back-up has occurred before, you may wish to consider getting this type of insurance; usually for only about twenty-five dollars per year.

ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP

Drinking Water and Water Reclamation

Consumer Confidence Reports

Going Green

Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Conservation Tips

Only Tap Water Delivers

For Kids and Teachers

Decrease the Grease!

Conservation House

Before You Put it Down the Drain

Leak Detection

Espanol

RELATED LINKS

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

American Water Works Association (AWWA)

Water Environment Federation (WEF)

Miss Utility

Metropolitan Washington Council of Goverments

Global Water Sanitations and Health

International Water and Sanitation Centre

Thames Water–World Water

(This site contains links to web sites owned by third parties. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and are not an endorsement by PWCSA of the contents on those other sites. PWCSA is not responsible for the content of any linked sites and makes no representations regarding the content or accuracy of materials on such sites. If you decide to visit any third-party sites using links from this site, you do so at your own risk.)

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