Sewer and drain service in New Baden, IL
Village Hall opens New Baden’s sewer accounts. When the pipe leaving your house stops moving, you don’t need a plumber for that. You need a sewer company.
Village Hall has the account side
New service in this village of 3,493 people begins with a Water and Sewer Service Application at Village Hall, 1214 E Cedar Street, (618) 588-3813. We didn’t find a published lateral rule, so that’s also the office to ask who answers for which stretch of pipe at your address.
The EPA’s list shows a sewage-treatment permit under the Village of New Baden at 1821 Illinois Route 161. That record names who holds the permit and says nothing about your particular connection.
Reading a median of 1980
Census figures place the median New Baden house at 1980, about a decade after Orangeburg pipe stopped being laid. Three towns about 5 miles away bracket it: Trenton at 1972, Summerfield at 1976 and Mascoutah at 1986.
So don’t assume old pipe is the reason your line backs up. Half the houses here are newer than 1980, and something else may be going on in those. Half are older, too. A camera inspection gets you past the guessing, and the footage goes home with you.
From 5 feet past the foundation, Illinois law calls the pipe a building sewer and leaves it out of plumbing.
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New Baden: sewer and drain questions
How do I start sewer service in New Baden, IL?
File a Water and Sewer Service Application at Village Hall, 1214 E Cedar Street. The number is (618) 588-3813. The village’s utilities page lists that as the way new service begins. Questions about your bill or account stay with that office, while we handle trouble in the line itself.
Is there a sewage plant permit in New Baden, Illinois?
Yes, the EPA’s list shows one under the Village of New Baden, NPDES IL0032603, at 1821 Illinois Route 161. A listing like this shows who holds the permit. For how your own house is connected, ask Village Hall at (618) 588-3813, because the permit record won’t tell you.
My New Baden, IL house is from the 1980s. Why is the sewer backing up?
We’d need to see inside the line to say. New Baden’s median house dates to 1980, after Orangeburg pipe stopped being laid, so that familiar explanation may not fit yours. A camera inspection shows what’s actually in there, and you keep the video to show anyone else you ask.
Do I call a plumber or a sewer company in New Baden, IL?
Call a sewer company for the line outside your foundation. Illinois law says plumbing doesn’t include building sewers, which start 5 feet past the wall. Licensed plumbers may still do that work. Faucets, toilets and water heaters inside the house do belong with a plumber, since we don’t touch those.