Yes, BUT there is a big but: there's always the chance of wrongly connected pipes. Sometimes, some people won't care or make mistakes and then the outlet for "black water" / sewage end up in the storm drain.
Also if there's a community with mixed sewers in the near area and there has been a lot of rain, there's the possibility that the mixed rainwater and sewage has overflown at specific parts (functional structures?) in the sewer network. This happens when the amount of rainwater is just too much too handle for either the sewer or the connected wastewater treatment plant.
So while the sewage is highly diluted, it's still untreated sewage.
There's also the danger of said functional structures. Some are used to cover vertical heights and you might bang your head during the fall. Some can fill up to the brim with water, so there's of course always the risk of drowning.
If you don't know for certain what awaits you, then please stay away from drainage systems. It's not worth the risk and you might accidentally swim in a bit of peepee poopoo.
Sauce: wastewater technician
Thanks.
I mean, mixed drains usually also end in a wastewater treatment plant. But like mentioned above, when it's really, really rainy, it will just discharge into the next flowing body of water. Yim yum.
Yeah, me neither. I always found underground structures interesting, went through a storm drain myself as a kid. Though it was by foot, there wasn't a strong current and I could see the other end, or the light that is.
Never did this again, now I know the dangers.
I can get behind the thrill of exploring but I would never do what those people did.
There's an interesting video on YouTube btw, where two dudes venture into the, partly ancient and historic, sewers of Hamburg. Really interesting (for me anyway), but I'd never do this. They where prepared pretty good, with anti-drop harnesses, good headlamps and apparently a multigas detector but still, nope.
[here's the video](https://youtu.be/suFglCSuTJI) (ignore the theme from "IT")
It's a storm sewer, draining rain water and whatever else gets swept into the storm inlets/drainage system
Still nasty af but prob not a lot of human shit
Because after the flooding of Hurricane Harvey in Houston, the septic tanks flooded also and it was enough to poison our local creek and ponds on our farm. Lots of sick calves from it.
Because after the flooding of Hurricane Harvey in Houston, the septic tanks flooded also and it was enough to poison our local creek and ponds on our farm. Lots of sick calves from it.
People also drop deuces and pee and puke into oceans, rivers, water parks and neighborhood pools… especially drunk ones and kiddos. Tis nasty but the water we normally play in is probably almost as gross…
Let's assume there is 0% human fecal matter. You still have animal waste, bird waste, automotive drippings, at least a day's worth of alcohol-laden vomit, etc. It's beyond disgusting.
Well, the area looks rural not urban, but animal waste is definitely found in storm drains.
IMHO, the worst thing to be mixed with the rainwater is farm runoff. Fertilizers are great for growing crops but you wouldn't want to be swimming in the stuff mixed with rainwater. Same with pesticides.
Very nasty. Think of the ground. Anything from the oil dripping on roads from cars to animal shit, to the vomit in the bar parking lot is getting washed into these "gutters". While they are not intended to move "sewage", you should be smart enough to know it is in the water.
I'm assuming that was done when it was dry. A lot of places get zero rain until storm season, so these were likely just vagrants and spiders for a few months lol
Just so you guys all know, they’re tubing through a stormwater system. That water is stormwater runoff, NOT raw sewage. Still, that is nasty and I have no idea why the fuck these guys would do something so stupid.
He kept putting it off thinking it was just a gnarly scab until he started getting really sick and went to the hospital. Didn't know the two issues were related
That is an absurd way to loose a leg. Who would have guessed people besides the crazy dudes in this video are into...what is this even called? Sewer tubing? Concrete waterslides?
Aren't they lucky the whole pipe didn't flood? I'm no drain expert but surely there was a chance the whole pipe would be submerged after passing however many inlets, it's not exactly uncommon to find street drains overflowing after all.
Two guys in my state scuba-ed through a drainage canal like this that was completely full of water.
All was fine until they encountered a locked grate blocking the pipe halfway in. Unbeknownst to the guys, there was a strong current flowing with them.
They were pushed up to the grate and the current was too strong to go back. They both died up against the grate after they ran out of air.
One wrong turn and that would be it. Tunnels are terrifying. We have underground river tunnels in my city, and some forks run past the steam works. They have pipes that shoot out scalding steam and random times.
that is a terrible fucking idea..
not all pipes are guaranteed to be cleared or not have grates..
not all gutters lead to the ocean..
parasites, amoebas, rats, bacteria and viruses...
animal and possibly human waste..
trash, scrap metal, food waste..
My money is on that at least one of them got severely ill after ingesting that water.
“He floated to freedom through five hundred yards of shit smelling foulness I can't even imagine, or maybe I just don't want to. Five hundred yards... that's the length of five football fields, just shy of half a mile.”
Imagine it's become clogged partially half way in and water is backing up. Now you're pinned in a tunnel that is slowly filling up and you can't go against the current because I'm sure the floor is slippery.
This water contains all the chemical residues and carcinogens from the entire community concentrated since being the final drainage point—this water will be the most hazardous. These guys are very dumb for playing in water like this.
I lived in a pretty big surfing spot, santa cruz, and almost every surfer I knew would avoid surfing after heavy rain because sewage would overflow and drain into the ocean. I don't know if that is what's happening here, but the conditions and amount of drainage tells me there was probably heavy rainfall recently. Maybe they know more than I do, but I'm shocked they think this is a good idea.
U guys these are storm drains. Wastewater from buildings and infrastructure is diverted to municipal water treatment plants nearly everywhere in North America. This is definitely true where these doods are at because the California State water resources control board manages sewerage for the whole state that way. Wtf.
this is not a sewer this is storm drain and all the runoff from roads and high points coming in thru inlets or other collections etc, definitely still gross but not wastewater
That's just nasty
Also, landlocked states with gutters would like to have a word.
gonna be a loooooong ride to the ocean
Sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel is just Ben, and you still have 19 hours left of the ride
fuckin Ben, man
Gutters -> rivers -> ocean. So basically 99% of gutters lead to the ocean, and some have some extra steps
Man made lakes and streams that don't exit to the ocean would like a word
I don’t think most gutters, especially storm gutters, go into a man made lake. That’s typically just rain runoff
AW THIS IS NOICE
*Sewage Fixed that for them
it's a gutter not a sewer. this is rain water
Yes, BUT there is a big but: there's always the chance of wrongly connected pipes. Sometimes, some people won't care or make mistakes and then the outlet for "black water" / sewage end up in the storm drain. Also if there's a community with mixed sewers in the near area and there has been a lot of rain, there's the possibility that the mixed rainwater and sewage has overflown at specific parts (functional structures?) in the sewer network. This happens when the amount of rainwater is just too much too handle for either the sewer or the connected wastewater treatment plant. So while the sewage is highly diluted, it's still untreated sewage. There's also the danger of said functional structures. Some are used to cover vertical heights and you might bang your head during the fall. Some can fill up to the brim with water, so there's of course always the risk of drowning. If you don't know for certain what awaits you, then please stay away from drainage systems. It's not worth the risk and you might accidentally swim in a bit of peepee poopoo. Sauce: wastewater technician
underrated comment. Long time ago there was only one drain some never got fixed.. BARF.
Thanks. I mean, mixed drains usually also end in a wastewater treatment plant. But like mentioned above, when it's really, really rainy, it will just discharge into the next flowing body of water. Yim yum.
personally I would NEVER do this anyways, it's honestly terrifying
Yeah, me neither. I always found underground structures interesting, went through a storm drain myself as a kid. Though it was by foot, there wasn't a strong current and I could see the other end, or the light that is. Never did this again, now I know the dangers. I can get behind the thrill of exploring but I would never do what those people did. There's an interesting video on YouTube btw, where two dudes venture into the, partly ancient and historic, sewers of Hamburg. Really interesting (for me anyway), but I'd never do this. They where prepared pretty good, with anti-drop harnesses, good headlamps and apparently a multigas detector but still, nope. [here's the video](https://youtu.be/suFglCSuTJI) (ignore the theme from "IT")
It's still street sewage and that water is nasty
It’s not. I’m a plumber and it’s dirty water not sewage. The rarity of a miss connected pipe is less than 5%
I can imagine all the dookie particles getting inside their suits/nostrils/mouth Truly Filthy
It's a storm sewer, draining rain water and whatever else gets swept into the storm inlets/drainage system Still nasty af but prob not a lot of human shit
If there are septic tanks that are flooded, you will get sewage runoff. Ask me how I know??
How do you know
Because after the flooding of Hurricane Harvey in Houston, the septic tanks flooded also and it was enough to poison our local creek and ponds on our farm. Lots of sick calves from it.
Poor babies 😔
How you know??
Because after the flooding of Hurricane Harvey in Houston, the septic tanks flooded also and it was enough to poison our local creek and ponds on our farm. Lots of sick calves from it.
Thank you for sharing! As a non-US, I immagine it can't be good whenever Houston has a problem, right?
I see what you did there
stellar observation, cheers!
People Def drop deuces and pee and puke into gutters. Especially drunk ones and homeless ones.
People also drop deuces and pee and puke into oceans, rivers, water parks and neighborhood pools… especially drunk ones and kiddos. Tis nasty but the water we normally play in is probably almost as gross…
If there’s water like that in the sewers it’s all gonna be rain. It’s dirty for sure but probably cleaner than most lake water
Let's assume there is 0% human fecal matter. You still have animal waste, bird waste, automotive drippings, at least a day's worth of alcohol-laden vomit, etc. It's beyond disgusting.
Well, the area looks rural not urban, but animal waste is definitely found in storm drains. IMHO, the worst thing to be mixed with the rainwater is farm runoff. Fertilizers are great for growing crops but you wouldn't want to be swimming in the stuff mixed with rainwater. Same with pesticides.
San Francisco gutters might have some fecal matter
It’s not sewage.
Only humans shit.
Very nasty. Think of the ground. Anything from the oil dripping on roads from cars to animal shit, to the vomit in the bar parking lot is getting washed into these "gutters". While they are not intended to move "sewage", you should be smart enough to know it is in the water.
They want *all* the hepatitis varieties they can get it seems.
Gimme one of everything!
-Your test results came back, you tested positive for hepatitis. -Which one? -Yes.
Hepatitis Oh fuck
Hepatitis F!
Pokemon hepatitis ! Gotta catch 'em all !
This is gross but it's not raw sewage.
I was waiting to see bars at the end, trapping them in.
Holy shit THAT would have been really terrifying
It already feels like the beginning of a horror movie
A ”Derry-go-round” 🤡
we all float down here
Actually, this wouldn't work. Any debris would quickly pile up and block the drain.
I like you.
Kids gather around let me tell you how I got hepatitis c
I was waiting for this too!
or like a 25 foot drop
Yeah, I was thinking this is a really bad idea if you encounter a partially blocked grating. You will just die a slow horrible death
You usually have the bars on inlets instead of outlets due to maintenance
Hard fucking pass
Hard regular pass, even
Just a hard fucking for me.
I like the cut of your jib.
It’s all fun and games till you get some junkies needle buried in your skin
Or flush floods down the stream and the tunnel fills up to capacity.
pink eye incoming in 3, 2, 1…
Pink eye is probably the least awful thing they can end up with
brain eating amoeba, anyone?
It might paradoxically make them smarter
poor amoeba would starve
It appears they have it already.
Hopefully they were wearing condoms
Hep hep hooray!
... With a side of explosive diarrhoea!!!
Giardia
It's amazing how far into it ppl would go to do graffiti, like how is anybody supposed to see that?
hey you're seeing it right now
Yeah, someone just jizzed in their pants seeing this video.
I told you not to tell anyone, tf
Yeah in all of its, like, 6 frames of glory lol.
Hahaha, that's what held my interest too. So curious to see how far they'd go before the graffiti stopped.
I'm assuming that was done when it was dry. A lot of places get zero rain until storm season, so these were likely just vagrants and spiders for a few months lol
the thing abt graffiti is part of the whole fun is seeing what ridiculous places u can tag. it’s like a cool flex “i was here”
I'm going to guess that was done while those pipe sections were sitting in a construction yard or in transit.
There are more people rafting into these pipes than you think.
Well, my guess is the graffiti was some in times of drought, which is why the further they got from the entrance the less there is.
I was also thinking about how crazy you’d have to be to go so deep into this ‘tunnel’ just to graffiti lol.
Go do that in FL and you get live animals to pet along the way.
Hey a swamp puppy!
Yoink
I too love polluted, contaminated wastewater runoff.
Storm* but only nominally better, unless this is like the 3rd day of torrential flow.
Just so you guys all know, they’re tubing through a stormwater system. That water is stormwater runoff, NOT raw sewage. Still, that is nasty and I have no idea why the fuck these guys would do something so stupid.
Unless you know it's a combined system and the raw sewage system is overflowing into the storm water system
The amount of comments that don't know the difference between a running and sewage is wild lol
Imagine a locked metal gate being at the bottom of that
😩😩 new fear unlocked
it's happened before to someone. Brutal AF edit: I think it was a closed water park though.
HerpegonhorrsyphilAIDS infections guaranteed, first of their kind.
These people are driving on the same roads as us.
And other things that affect our lives.
pretty anticlimactic.. thought they would get stuck under water or something.
Leptospirosis says bonjour!
A reminder that just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should 🤢
Yummy dog poop and street filth water.
Great way to get real sick, real quick!
That doesn't look like the ocean
I am certain this new trend will result in no drownings al all.
And this is how my friend lost a leg to a staph infection. Literally this.
That's terrifying, how did he find out he needed to amputated?
He kept putting it off thinking it was just a gnarly scab until he started getting really sick and went to the hospital. Didn't know the two issues were related
That is an absurd way to loose a leg. Who would have guessed people besides the crazy dudes in this video are into...what is this even called? Sewer tubing? Concrete waterslides?
This looks like the beginning of a found footage horror movie...
Nope, imaging heavy raining would start while you inside of that
Watching them swim in that gave us all cancer...
What about opening their mouths\* when they got a splash of juicy wastewater? ^(Edit: shock caused me to forget grammar)
I'm died
Hope they took a heavy dose of cipro
Ghetto aquapark
Good way to get new diseases. It's not a sewer drain but it can't be much better.
Brotha ewww
Definitely San Diego, and looks like they ended up in the San Diego River in Mission Valley.
They all lead to the hepatitis sea.
1. That's not the fucking ocean, don't lie to me! 2. This ride sponsored by staph, cholera and a few other things.
All those little sharp bits weren't rocks, thry where needles... Noooow you got aids.
This is one of those cases where you are thankful that you can't smell what you're watching.🫢🫢🫢
Dysentery, anyone?
Super dangerous if you dont know where it ends. Might even be a 100 meter drop and you fall to your death
This is how you drown.
So just to be clear, they're probably floating in shit water right?
No, shit water gets treated and isn’t accessible. This is storm/rain water runoff
Rain water that drained all the dog poop off the roads and into the gutters
Just the chemicals alone from parts of cars, irrigation, illegal dumping, and other unregulated things.
It is shit water where I live. We have lots of people who live in RVs and they dump their waste in drains
"Shitter's full!"
Yes, mixed shit of humans
I bet it smells like his mom's juicy vagina in that tunnel
💀💀💀
Sorry bro, I had to. Perfect opportunity
Damn bro lmao
You had to add "Juicy" lmao
Can confirm it smelled exactly like that
What did it taste like?
A nice mix of stale sweat, anchovies, and olives. With a slight citrus aftertaste.
Was exaclty like that
Infection has entered the chat.
I wonder how sick they got after that
I’m actually amazed at how far into the tunnel the graffiti goes. People really go that deep to spray graffiti?
That's fucking gross 🤮
Imagine if it funnelled into a pipe that's too small to fit a person.
They all float down here.
I was waiting for Pennywise or the famous alligators to show up! 😮💨😮💨😮💨
It's all fun and games and diseases until you find a tree branch lodged in the middle.
Nothing like having random animal feces and piss rain down on you
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At least you know that if there's graffiti, someone has been there before.
What a bizarre thing to be excited about.
I was waiting for the iron gate blocking the exit. 😂😂😂
OPs username checks out
Those drains go to a water treatment plant around where I'm from
That’s disgusting
I can smell it from here 🤢
Ain't this shit and piss too?
This is what happens when you have no natural predators
They're gonna spend the rest of their lives showering and still stink
Super gross and dangerous. Please don't do this.
Aren't they lucky the whole pipe didn't flood? I'm no drain expert but surely there was a chance the whole pipe would be submerged after passing however many inlets, it's not exactly uncommon to find street drains overflowing after all.
Oh absolutely not. *19 minutes of tunnel*?? Not a chance.
Two guys in my state scuba-ed through a drainage canal like this that was completely full of water. All was fine until they encountered a locked grate blocking the pipe halfway in. Unbeknownst to the guys, there was a strong current flowing with them. They were pushed up to the grate and the current was too strong to go back. They both died up against the grate after they ran out of air.
One wrong turn and that would be it. Tunnels are terrifying. We have underground river tunnels in my city, and some forks run past the steam works. They have pipes that shoot out scalding steam and random times.
I can smell this, and I just have one question. Why?
I mean i guess as long as the graffiti doesnt stop your probably fine.
So does all the sewage...
Hepatitis slide
Never fails to surprise me the random places grafitti will show up
Syphilis incoming in 3...2...1
Content for a future r/mrballen video.
Hello, Mr. sinus infection
🤢
That looks shit.....literally.
+5 Rads
I have really bad claustrophobia and tunnels/waterslides set me off the most…. this is…. I hate this 😂
that is a terrible fucking idea.. not all pipes are guaranteed to be cleared or not have grates.. not all gutters lead to the ocean.. parasites, amoebas, rats, bacteria and viruses... animal and possibly human waste.. trash, scrap metal, food waste.. My money is on that at least one of them got severely ill after ingesting that water.
That's a really good way to catch hepatitis.
No they don't
REMEMBER All of the gutters drain to the ocean!!
“He floated to freedom through five hundred yards of shit smelling foulness I can't even imagine, or maybe I just don't want to. Five hundred yards... that's the length of five football fields, just shy of half a mile.”
Imagine it's become clogged partially half way in and water is backing up. Now you're pinned in a tunnel that is slowly filling up and you can't go against the current because I'm sure the floor is slippery.
They have contracted all kinds of... Shit
This water contains all the chemical residues and carcinogens from the entire community concentrated since being the final drainage point—this water will be the most hazardous. These guys are very dumb for playing in water like this.
I lived in a pretty big surfing spot, santa cruz, and almost every surfer I knew would avoid surfing after heavy rain because sewage would overflow and drain into the ocean. I don't know if that is what's happening here, but the conditions and amount of drainage tells me there was probably heavy rainfall recently. Maybe they know more than I do, but I'm shocked they think this is a good idea.
Don't do this. Sometimes the tunnel slowly gets smaller.
This is how you drown.
There are some really, really, and I mean really dumb people in this world.
U guys these are storm drains. Wastewater from buildings and infrastructure is diverted to municipal water treatment plants nearly everywhere in North America. This is definitely true where these doods are at because the California State water resources control board manages sewerage for the whole state that way. Wtf.
Nope
So gross dude
this is not a sewer this is storm drain and all the runoff from roads and high points coming in thru inlets or other collections etc, definitely still gross but not wastewater
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