Prevention of Infiltration Law

Okay kiddo, so imagine you have a house with a fence around it. You can leave the gate open sometimes, but sometimes you want it closed to keep people or things you don't want to come in, out of your yard.

Well, cities and towns have something like a fence called a sewer system. This is where all the water goes when you flush the toilet or take a shower. But sometimes, rainwater and other things that we don't want in the sewer system can sneak in through little cracks and holes in the pipes. This is called infiltration.

The prevention of infiltration law is like a rule that says people who build new buildings or do work on existing ones have to make sure that unwanted water can't leak into the sewer system. They have to build things like a special coating on the pipes or seal up any cracks so that only the kind of water we want in there, like from your toilet or sink, gets into the system.

This law is important because if too much unwanted water gets into the sewer system, it can make it overflow and cause problems for people and the environment. So it's better to be safe than sorry and follow the prevention of infiltration law to keep our sewer system clean and under control.