The City of Perry is in the process of taking a look at the pipes underground to try and prevent future sewer issues.

Public Works Director Jack Butler says the process began even before the flooding earlier this summer.

“We’re jetting and (filming) the entire sanitary sewer system.  It’s an eleven or twelve phase process and we’ve done one phase and are getting ready to tackle about three or four phase this summer and fall.  And then with our City Engineer, we sit down and we evaluate them.  We’re trying to find infiltration, where we have water coming in and broken pipes and stuff because typically, most of those sewers downtown are eight to ten feet deep.  So with this kind of moisture in the ground, and you got a bad spot in that pipe, you’ve got a lot of water coming in.”

The City has contracted local business AccuJet for the project.