Smoke Testing in Lansing mid-July 2025

GBA, the city of Lansing's contractor, will be conducting a condition assessment of the sanitary sewer system in a portion of the City. Field crews will be smoke testing in mid-July; door hangers will be distributed to affected neighborhoods. See the map for areas to be tested.

Here's what to know:

• Smoke testing is performed by blowing smoke into the sewer pipes. Field crews monitoring the area will be documenting locations where smoke escapes the system.

• The smoke is NON‐TOXIC, NON‐STAINING, NO ODOR, WHITE TO GRAY IN COLOR, NOT HARMFUL TO PETS, AND CREATES NO FIRE HAZARD.

• To reduce smoke entering your building, pour approximately 24 ounces of water into your floor drains or other seldom used drains prior to the smoke testing.

• If smoke enters your building, open windows to dissipate the smoke.

• Additional information concerning smoke testing is available on the City of Lansing’s Website:  https://www.lansingks.org/

• With any other concerns during testing, please contact a field technician or Benjamin Bogue at (913) 577-8354.

Thank you for your cooperation as we work to successfully complete this important effort of locating breaks and defects in the sanitary sewer pipes.