Coaldale Mayor Daniel Weiksner updated residents at Tuesday’s council meeting about ongoing sewer work.

“A lot of you probably saw the trucks coming through. They flushed and camera-ed all the lines,” he said.

He estimated that three-quarters of a mile of sewer lines were scoped and flushed.

“Now they are back in Coaldale — they started here first — they’re doing sock lining of a lot of the lines,” Weiksner said.

The process involves using a “sock” with epoxy-type resin, which adheres to and lines the pipes. The process should take about five weeks.

Crews are also excavating and replacing several sewer lines.

“The bottom line … is that about 50% of our lines will either be lined or replaced,” Weiksner said, “which is a pretty good start.”

He encouraged residents to be aware of streets where parking is prohibited when the work is underway. Streets will be posted, and notices can be found on the borough’s website and Facebook page.

Weiksner added that residents living on a street where work is being done should refrain from washing laundry “or dumping a bunch of water down the sewer at that particular time.” They can flush toilets and use faucets, he said, but should try to minimize excess use.

The work should be done in about three weeks.

Coaldale, Lansford and Summit Hill, along with the Coaldale-Lansford-Summit Hill Sewer Authority, each committed $350,000 toward an approximate $2.5 federal million grant to help fund work on the aging system that serves the three municipalities.

Similar work has begun in the other boroughs.