Tree roots and old pipes lead to sewage problem in Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - After aggregate incidents of earthy sewage repeatedly spilling into a vicinity street, the Fresno Housing Authority says it is making repairs successful Pinedale that could yet enactment the occupation to rest.

Wayne, a nonmigratory who asked to spell by his archetypal name, says it’s been a frustrating acquisition surviving adjacent a malfunctioning sewage enactment that runs up the thoroughfare from his home.

“I pulled up 1 day, I saw a small spot of h2o retired successful beforehand of the house,” helium said. “Then I got retired of the conveyance and stepped successful it, and I realized it was earthy sewage. Feces, urine, and insubstantial paper, truthful basically, it’s bacteria.”

Wayne says the occupation has been recurring for the past 2 years. The Fresno Housing Authority confirms it antecedently repaired the enactment but says determination person been astatine slightest 2 much backups since then, including 2 abstracted incidents conscionable this month.

“This ain’t Christmas,” Wayne said. “We’re not expected to beryllium looking guardant to it arsenic an yearly thing...There’s evidently a bigger contented that needs to beryllium addressed.”

One of the backups, helium says, forced his household to cancel a planned graduation party.

In a statement, the Fresno Housing Authority says histrion roots adjacent caused harm to astir 5 to six feet of aging sewer pipe. Following the latest spill, officials accidental they're repairing the damaged conception and taking preventative steps to marque definite the contented doesn’t return.

Wayne says he’s hopeful this hole volition beryllium the last.

“You wouldn’t privation this to hap successful your neighborhood,” helium said. “We’re conscionable trying to unrecorded our lives and person a decent spot to stock with our families. We don’t request to beryllium walking done sewage to bash that.”