- Overview
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach ----- https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/water-quality
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Water Quality
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/help-prevent-sewer-problems/put-a-lid-on-it
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/water-quality/water-quality-reports
- — Water Quality Reports
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/help-prevent-sewer-problems/put-a-lid-on-it
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/water-quality/lead-and-copper-rule
- — Lead and Copper Rule
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/help-prevent-sewer-problems/put-a-lid-on-it
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/water-quality/hydrant-flushing-locations
- — Hydrant Flushing Locations
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/help-prevent-sewer-problems/put-a-lid-on-it
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/water-quality/backflow-prevention
- — Backflow Prevention
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/help-prevent-sewer-problems/put-a-lid-on-it
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/water-quality/certified-backflow-testers
- — Certified Backflow Testers
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach ----- https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/protecting-our-water
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Protecting Our Water
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/help-prevent-sewer-problems/put-a-lid-on-it
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/protecting-our-water/big-creek-lake-watershed
- — Big Creek Lake Watershed
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/help-prevent-sewer-problems/put-a-lid-on-it
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/protecting-our-water/big-creek-lake-usage-policies
- — Big Creek Lake Usage Policies
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/help-prevent-sewer-problems/put-a-lid-on-it
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/protecting-our-water/gopher-tortoise-preserve
- — Gopher Tortoise Preserve
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/help-prevent-sewer-problems/put-a-lid-on-it
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/protecting-our-water/alabama-coastal-cleanup
- — Alabama Coastal Cleanup
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/help-prevent-sewer-problems/put-a-lid-on-it
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/protecting-our-water/operation-medicine-cabinet
- — Operation Medicine Cabinet
- Watercolor Contest
- Our Water System
- Fluoride
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Our Wastewater System
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/help-prevent-sewer-problems/put-a-lid-on-it
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/our-wastewater-system/our-wastewater-system-facilities
- — Our Wastewater System Facilities
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/help-prevent-sewer-problems/put-a-lid-on-it
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/our-wastewater-system/pretreatment-program
- — Pretreatment Program
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/help-prevent-sewer-problems/put-a-lid-on-it
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/our-wastewater-system/remote-alternate-treatment-systems
- — Remote Alternate Treatment Systems
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach ----- https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/help-prevent-sewer-problems
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Help Prevent Sewer Problems
- — Overview
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/help-prevent-sewer-problems/put-a-lid-on-it
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/help-prevent-sewer-problems/grease-recycling-program
- — Grease Recycling Program
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/help-prevent-sewer-problems/put-a-lid-on-it
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/help-prevent-sewer-problems/put-a-lid-on-it
- — Put A Lid On It
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/help-prevent-sewer-problems/put-a-lid-on-it
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/help-prevent-sewer-problems/dont-use-your-toilet-as-a-trash-can
- — Don't Use Your Toilet as a Trash Can
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/help-prevent-sewer-problems/put-a-lid-on-it
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/help-prevent-sewer-problems/sewer-backup
- — Sewer Backup
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach ----- https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/emergency-preparedness
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Emergency Preparedness
- — Overview
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/help-prevent-sewer-problems/put-a-lid-on-it
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/emergency-preparedness/hurricane-preparation
- — Hurricane Preparation
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/help-prevent-sewer-problems/put-a-lid-on-it
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/emergency-preparedness/protecting-pipes-during-freeze
- — Protecting Pipes During Freeze
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/help-prevent-sewer-problems/put-a-lid-on-it
https://www.mawss.com/education-and-outreach/emergency-preparedness/boil-water-notice
- — Boil Water Notice
- Videos
Put A Lid On It
Make sure your clean out cap is on.

The cleanout WHAT?
You may not know that you have a sanitary sewer cleanout. Almost all buildings do. It allows access to the sewer line in case there’s a problem. It’s usually located somewhere between your residence and the street. The cleanout cap is simply the part that keeps it covered.
Why is it important?
If your cleanout cap is missing or defective, it allows storm water and other debris to enter the sanitary sewer system. This has several harmful effects such as:
- When storm water enters the sanitary sewer system, it makes the entire system work harder, which can reduce its capacity and raise operating costs, resulting in higher charges to customers.
- Even worse, the unwanted storm water and debris can cause sanitary sewer overflows and sewer backups into buildings. This could mean very messy—and costly—clean up and repairs.
- In addition, when a sanitary sewer cleanout is not properly covered, it often gives off a foul odor.