Not true, they just aren't very loud about admitting it. LA has a pipe. According to you it is never used. That's BS. Treated sewage is pumped into the ocean, miles out in many places...
Citing 'gross negligence,' water regulators say L.A.'s Hypieron treatment plant should pay $21.7 million in fines for a massive 2021 sewage spill.
www.latimes.com
After the flooding, sanitation officials said that about 17 million gallons of raw sewage was directed into the ocean through a one-mile pipe.
Translation - the LA sewage plant has a PIPE into the OCEAN....