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'Orangeburg pipe' collapse can be costly

Statesboro offers help to some homeowners

A contractor uses an excavator to begin refilling a trench dug across Ladd Circle. An employee of the contractor is seen in the trench, where PVC pipe had been laid out to replace the previously collapsed "Orangeburg" lateral line and connect to the city's sewer main. (AL HACKLE/staff)

O Pipe Trench Machine 1.jpg — A contractor uses an excavator to begin refilling a trench dug across Ladd Circle. An employee of the contractor is seen in the trench, where PVC pipe had been laid out to replace the previously collapsed "Orangeburg" lateral line and connect to the city's sewer main. (AL HACKLE/staff)

Several Statesboro homeowners have made the unpleasant and costly discovery over the years that an old sewer pipe material called "Orangeburg pipe" is giving way and that the city holds them responsible for upkeep of their "lateral" sewer lines from the house all the way to the city main.