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From YouTube: Comcast Newsmakers- Councilman Derek Green Talks About the Water Sewer Line Protection Program
Description
Philadelphia City Councilman At-Large Derek Green talks about the Water Sewer Line Protection Program that provides financial protection for Philadelphia homeowners should they have problems with their water or sewer lines.
Recorded February 22, 2019.
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People
don't
realize
that
you're
responsible
of
the
water
and
sewer
line
from
your
home
to
the
curb
and
the
city
is
responsible
from
the
curb
to
the
street,
and
many
of
our
homes
are
very
old.
I
would
say,
the
average
age
of
a
house
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia
is
about
80
years.
So
when
you
think
about
this
older
housing
stock,
it's
also
older
water
and
sewer
lines
which
can
get
damaged
through
our
various
seasons
and
can
cause
a
major
problem
for
a
homeowner
and.
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Problems
when
I
started
learning
about
this
issue
some
years
ago,
the
on
the
low
side,
the
average
repair
cost,
was
$3,000
to
up
to
six
or
$7000,
and
when
you
don't
have
water
or
sewer
coming
to
your
home,
that's
something
you
have
to
get
fixed
immediately
and
not
all
of
us
have
the
resource
to
have
a
couple
thousand
dollars
to
make
a
repair.
In
one
day,
there.
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The
National
League
of
Cities
is
an
organization
made
up
of
mayors
and
council
members
from
all
around
the
country,
and
so
for
a
number
of
years
they
promoted
a
program
called
the
water
sewer
line
protection
program.
So
I
was
able
to
bring
that
program
to
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
We
issued
a
request
for
proposals
and
look
at
different
applicants.
Ultimately,
we
selected
American
water
resources,
which
is
based
in
Camden
to
bring
this
program
to
the
city
for
office,
fit
city
of
Philadelphia,
which
we
kicked
off
last
year.
So.
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Protection
program
works
by
signing
up
either
to
the
website
or
to
the
phone
number,
and
it
cost
you
less
than
$8
per
day.
Excuse
me
per
month
and
then
it's
a
program
that
you
have
for
a
full
year
and
then
you
can
renew
at
the
end
of
your
signup
period,
and
it
really
protects
people
to
make
sure
that
if
you
have
any
type
of
program
or
problem
with
your
water
or
sewer
line,
then
you
can
contact
American,
Water
Resources.
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Recently
I
had
a
contact
of
mine
say
he
was
a
little
leery
about
the
program
initially,
but
he
signed
up
and
then,
within
a
couple
weeks.
His
wife
came
to
him
and
said
I
think
we're
having
a
problem
with
our
water
line.
They
reached
out
to
American
Water
Resources,
who
then
had
a
contractor
come
to
their
home
and
they're,
actually
gonna
have
their
water
or
sewer
line
repaired
within
a
few
weeks
and.