SMOKE TESTING: Beginning Wednesday, November 5th through Friday, November 7th, the Rockledge Wastewater Treatment Department’s line maintenance crew will be conducting a smoke test of its sanitary sewer system in the area of Howard Street, Ferndale Avenue, Santa Rosa Drive, Avondale Road, and P.L. Jones Jr. Lane.
A smoke test assists crews in locating breaks and defects in the sewer system. The smoke you see coming from the vent stacks on houses or holes in the ground is non-toxic, non-staining, has no odor, is white to gray in color, and creates no fire hazard.
The smoke should not enter your home unless you have defective plumbing or dried up drain traps.
It is advisable for the homeowner to pour a gallon of water into each floor drain prior to testing. If smoke enters your home, there is good reason to assume that dangerous sewer gases may also be entering your home or business. You should evacuate immediately and notify our work crews. If you are not home and discover smoke when you return, please call (321) 221-7540 x.2253.
IMPORTANT: If there is any individual in your home or business who has respiratory problems and is immobile, please notify us at (321) 221.7540 x.2253 prior to testing.
