About the Sanitary Sewer System

When you wash your hands, the wastewater that goes down the drain flows through the interior plumbing, out of the house, and into a pipe called a sewer lateral. Like the interior plumbing, the sewer lateral is owned by the private property owner that it serves. The sewer lateral connects to the City-operated sanitary sewer main usually in the street. The City of Mineral Wells has a separate sanitary sewer system so that wastewater is collected and it is conveyed to the City's Wastewater Treatment Facility.