Sensor controlled surface to sewer feeding system for ice and snow

Abstract From the Canadian patent

There is disclosed a method and apparatus for disposal of snow in urban areas. Snow is disposed of using existing manhole connections to sewer systems with a portable disposal unit formed of snow receiving bin, a grinding means means for, projecting the ground snow into a trajectory downwardly into the sewer and preferably with sensing means to sense whether there is a blocked sewer conduit as well as to determine the load carrying capacity of the sewer liquid. In this way the, grinding means may be driven by variable speed motors. The system and method permit the use of already existing sewer systems, and is more economical than trucking snow to disposal sites.