5. Basic network maintenance
This is the kind of maintenance that sanitation workers have to deal with on a daily basis. They must be able to intervene at any time to clean or unclog the pipes.
Even a perfectly constructed network needs to be periodically cleaned to remove obstructions and maintain a constant flow of effluent (wastewater, rainwater, etc.). It must be completely cleaned and flushed at least every two years.
In a number of major cities around the world, cleaning teams only intervene when the height of material in 400 mm pipes, for example, reaches 100 mm on the vertical diameter.
Teams are also called in to deal with one-off or general blockages in a pipe: build-up of solid matter following a storm, discarded...
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