Backflow valves are 85% effective in eliminating sewer backup, according to Galen Heinrichs, stormwater utility manager with the City of Saskatoon. Moreover, in that 15% of instances in which a home ...

CARBONDALE — The city council passed a resolution Tuesday that would help keep sewage out of homeowner’s basements. Called the Sanitary Sewer Backflow Device Reimbursement program, the city has agreed ...

I have a shower drain in a basement apartment. Recently, the sewer backed up and sewage water entered the apartment through the shower drain. Is it possible to install some sort of a check valve in ...

Sep. 14—LEWISTON — The town board approved its long-discussed backflow preventer grant program this week, giving homeowners impacted by flooding a potential solution. The program will provide a $2,000 ...

CARBONDALE, Ill. (KFVS) - Homeowners in Carbondale can get help battling sanitary surcharges when heavy rainfall threatens to cause basement backups. The City of Carbondale’s Utilities Department is ...

Des Moines will reimburse homeowners who install backflow devices that prevent sewage from seeping into homes through basement floor drains during heavy rains — a problem many residents faced during ...

Since Des Moines relaunched an incentive program a year ago, fewer than 200 property owners have sought reimbursement for a device that can prevent sewage from backing into homes. Program advocates ...

UPPER POTTSGROVE – The state’s environmental agency is investigating reports of sewer back-ups that occurred in a string of homes in the Summer’s Grove sub-division this month. Virginia Cain, a ...