Public Works

NO!! FOG's (Fats, Oil and grease) poured down kitchen drains accumulates inside sewer pipes.  As the FOG's builds up, it restricts the flow in the pipe and can cause sewer wastewater to back up into homes and businesses. Sanitary sewer backups result in high costs for cleanup and restoration.

Call Public Works 9am-5pm at (503)-668-5310, if after hours, please call (503) 972-8193. 

*Please provide the location of the manhole and any other helpful information.

It could be a sewer manhole or a storm manhole. Both systems are not always located in the road. Sewer and storm systems work off gravity, so via a utility easement. A manhole may be in your back yard due to the engineering and design to achieve gravity flow to the next manhole.

The sanitary lateral is a shared line. The homeowner owns and maintains the segment from the home to the right-of-way. The City owns and maintains the portion from the mainline to the back of the right-of-way.

Sewer lines are maintained by jetting (cleaning), enforcement of our FOG (fats, oils and grease) Program, CCTV and visual inspections, flow monitoring for inflow and infiltration, outreach of what is safe and what isn’t safe to flush or put down the drain. All these things help the city protect and maintain the sewer system for years to come. 

Sandy’s storm and sanitary sewer lines are separate systems. The wastewater treatment plant is designed to handle water we provide to the customer through the water meter.

Call a plumber. If the plumber determines that the back up was caused by an issue on the city’s side of the sewer system, please contact public works at 503-655-8211.
Most responsibility shifts from homeowner to the city when it nears the back of the sidewalk.

Operation and maintenance of the sewer system. Making sure the wastewater reaches the treatment plant.

Please email Thomas Fisher at: tfisher@ci.sandy.or.us for question that are not found on this page

It's unlikely that street parking would be removed due to lane crowding. If vehicles are illegally parking too far from the curb, please report to the City's code enforcement department by calling 503-668-5566.