Mandatory sewer latreal inspections across the United States?

[Jesse Aizenstat]

Hi everyone, I'm curious to get a sense of the landscape across the United States on sewer lateral inspections. In coastal California, cities seem to be responding to lawsuits, enforcing home and business sewer lateral inspections, either upon sale or by driving around mainlines sewer pipes and looking up the Y connector.

I'm curious if this is just a "coastal California phenomenon," something that is more enforced around water sources (ocean, lakes, rivers). Perhaps this is something that is now starting across the United States due to older laterals on properties.

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