sewer

Sewers convert that figurative stream into a literal one that flows below ground away from public view .

In the worst case, sewers and lift stations will overflow, exposing the people within cities to raw sewage and creating a public health emergency.

Even in the best case scenario, that means raw wastewater in the sewers will have to bypass treatment plants and be discharged directly into waterways like rivers and oceans.

Although there are quite a few ways to install subsurface pipelines, telecommunication cables, power lines, and sewers without excavating a trench, only one launches lines from the surface.

If you could take a look into the subsurface of any urban area, you'd see miles and miles of water, sewer, and storm water drainage pipes.

One of those methods helped Fort Lauderdale get a 7-mile-long sewer built in less than a year and half, and is used across the world to get utility lines across busy roadways and sensitive watercourses.