Jul 29, 2021
First Steps in Downspout Daylighting Pilot Program to Begin Monday
WHEELING, W.VA. – The City of Wheeling is working to help reduce basement flooding in certain neighborhoods and will be asking residents to do their part in process by removing downspouts that are connected to the City’s sanitary sewer system.
Stormwater Coordinator Joe Smith, in conjunction with staff from the Water Pollution Control Division (WPCD), will kick off the Downspout Daylighting Pilot Program Monday in the Clator section of the City by going door-to-door between the hours of 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. to help educate residents on the best ways to separate their downspouts from the sewer system – a fairly simple process for most. These efforts, which will continue in that neighborhood through Aug. 6, were supposed to begin last year, but were put on hold because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The same process will be followed throughout the City in the near future.