Whether you're flushing the toilet, washing clothes, having a shower, or washing the dishes, we send a significant amount of water down the drains in our households each day.
The District's sanitary sewer system is a complex network that transports and treats wastewater before it is released back into the environment.
Your sanitary sewer system
Unflushables
Everything you put down the drain or toilet must go somewhere.
Find out more about what happens to your wastewater.
Preventing problems in your pipes
The water and other materials that go down the pipes are processed and then released back into the environment. Sinks and toilets are not intended to be disposal systems for garbage or chemicals.