Sewer

Speeding up Mother Nature's work

Roseville operates a wastewater utility to purify and treat water before it's delivered back to the environment.

Operate two wastewater treatment facilities that have the capacity to treat up to 30 million gallons of water daily
Maintain 505 miles of sewer mainlines, 246 miles of sewer laterals and 11,195 manholes
Deliver one billion gallons of recycled water annually

Roseville's sewer system protects local creeks and river water quality and meets federal standards at the lowest possible cost.

Help with your service

Call us first. We will take care of the next step together.

If you experience sewer backup issues, contact your wastewater collections staff at (916) 774-5750 to evaluate the next step.

This service is available, paid through the monthly rates for wastewater services. We are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

As a service, a crew will check to see if the backup is in the city’s main or service. If it is, we will clear the blockage. However, if the blockage is in the lateral serving the residence or business, it is the resident's/business owner’s responsibility to clear any blockage in their lateral line, which connects their property to the City’s.

Living sewer smart

Save your pipes and help protect the sewer system and the environment from unnecessary interruptions.

Fats, Oils & Grease - One of the most important things you can do to keep your sewer pipes clear is to properly dispose of fats, oils, and grease.
Flushable wipes - Disposable disinfectant wipes, baby wipes, and even “flushable” wipes cause serious problems in the sanitary sewer system.
Tree roots - they seek out water. That's why planting near sewer pipes isn't a good idea.

More on how to keep your sewer system flowing

Sewer System Management Plan

The State Water Resources Control Board requires public agencies that own or operate sanitary sewer systems to develop and implement a Sewer System Management Plan to reduce the potential for overflows. Agencies are required to report all overflows to the the State Water Board's public online database.

Environmental Utilities has developed a Sewer System Management Plan to minimize sewage spills and measures to effectively clean them up and report them.

View the Sewer System Management Plan

Tour a plant (virtual and in person!)

You know where it comes from, but where does the water go once it goes down the drain?

Follow how water is treated using our virtual tour!

Find your way through the water treatment process with our interactive tour. You can see the process each and every step of the way to ensure the water that is treated is safe for the environment. Check it out!

In person tours

Join us in person for a tour of the Pleasant Grove Wastewater Treatment Plant! These tours are very popular and space is limited. Visit here for available tour dates.

Business customers

Food service establishments in Roseville generate a tremendous amount of fats, oils and grease everyday by preparing and serving food to thousands of customers. If not properly disposed, fats, oils and grease can damage and even clog local sewer system, causing a sewer overflow.

To report a sewer overflow, please call 774-5750 immediately.

Resources

Produce stickers gumming up our treatment facilities

Roseville has a sticky situation! Produce stickers found on fruits and vegetables at the grocery store are gumming up equipment at our wastewater plants.

Read on

South Placer Wastewater Authority

The South Placer Wastewater Authority operates under a Joint Powers Agreement between the City of Roseville, South Placer Municipal District and Placer County.

The South Placer Wastewater Authority is primarily a funding authority responsible for overseeing the Capital Improvement Program for the Authority members and providing service to the members inside the 2005 Service Area Boundary.

View more information, meeting agendas and financial statements

Report sewer odor issues

To better assist us in identifying the source of odors, please use the online form. We will evaluate the cause of the odor and take corrective actions whenever possible.

Smoke testing

We conduct smoke testing as part of routine maintenance of the sewer lines. These tests involve blowing harmless smoke into the sewer system to find cracks, breaks and other problems with the sewer lines that need repair.

Learn more

Pure Water Roseville

Despite our successful water recycling program, recycled water distribution for irrigation currently requires dedicated pipe networks. Also, we cannot store a significant volume of recycled water when irrigation demands are low to use when they are higher. As a result, only about 20 percent of our treated wastewater is converted into recycled water.

As a result, we are embarking on Pure Water Roseville. Like many communities, agencies are focusing on advanced treatment technologies to purify water for storage and other uses. While we are not pursing an active project at this time, we are in the early stages of evaluating these technologies to determine compatibility with our water treatment and delivery systems as well as how they might provide further redundancy and flexibility for our community.

Diversifying our water resources is critically important. As important is the need to look at increased treatment options to meet the ever-changing requirements in discharging to our waterways.

Learn more about the future planning for a reliable water future.

Wastewater discharge permit

We are responsible for regulatory oversight of sewer discharges to our regional wastewater treatment plants. Working with our industrial and commercial customers, we aim to protect the conveyance system and our treatment plants from harmful discharges by permitting industrial discharges.

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Dental practitioners

Are you a dental practitioner?

Follow this link for frequently asked questions, compliance report and exemption forms.

We operate two wastewater treatment facilities in Roseville, capable of purifying up to 30 million gallons of water a day. Not only are we removing the waste from the water in Roseville, our plants serve as regional facilities. This means we treat the water from portions of Placer County and several incorporated communities.