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peer-reviewed research article

Control of tree roots in sewers and drains

authors

O. A. Leonard, University of California
N. R. Townley

publication information

California Agriculture 25(11):13-15. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v025n11p13. November 1971.

abstract

Although tree roots in sewers and drains cause losses of millions of dollars each year in the U. S., there has been very little research on control methods. This is a report of 2 1/2 years of chemical control tests in cooperation with the Sacramento County Department of Public Works. Two chemicals—metham (Vapam), and dichlobenil (Carsoron)—used alone, or in combination, killed roots in sewer pipes in one-hour-long treatments by soaking.

author affiliations

O. A. Leonard is Lecturer and Botanist, Agricultural Botany Department, University of California, Davis. N. R. Townley is Senior Underground Foreman, Utilities Division, Maintenance Section, Sacramento County Department of Public Works, Sacramento.


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