PREVENT PRIVATE SEWER LATERAL SPILLS BEFORE THEY HAPPEN

Private sewer laterals are the underground pipes that connect homes and buildings to the public sewer system — and they are a leading cause of sewer spills.

A transparent sewer spill prevention program that helps cities manage inspections, guide repairs, and document compliance.

  • Centralize CCTV videos, inspection forms, and city reviews into rich PSL inspection reports

  • Standardize outcomes with clear next-step guidance for property owners

  • Maintain a searchable sewer lateral compliance database of all inspections

  • Data-rich dashboards evolve city reports, council presentations, public requests

  • Our AI assistant helps with consistent city reviews and explains inspections to property owners using the muni code, city review, plumbers first inspection.

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What Is Forward Lateral?

Forward Lateral is software designed to run private sewer lateral programs.

But the software is the result — not the product.

Before writing a single line of code, we spent countless hours meeting with the stakeholders involved in these programs every day: riding along with plumbers, sitting in city offices, talking with public works staff and city council members, meeting with real estate professionals, and listening to property owners. All of it to understand where friction exists and how to add real value.

That work shaped everything.

Forward Lateral combines hands-on consulting, clear workflows design, and a modern software platform to support private sewer lateral (PSL) programs. Plumbers submit inspections digitally, cities review them through a structured dashboard, and property owners receive clear, consistent next steps to begin repairs via email.

Forward Lateral was built specifically to run PSL programs.

We built it so cities don’t have to.

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