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 ...

BEACHWOOD, Ohio -- City Council has unanimously approved legislation that will allow for the installation of backflow preventers at homes that have been plagued by flooding following heavy rains.

COVINGTON, KY (WKRC)- Parts of Covington flooded during an extremely heavy rainfall last June. That caused basements to fill with sewage, damaging thousands of dollars' worth of valuables. Brian ...

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 ...

Hilliard residents whose basements have been flooded when sanitary sewers became inundated during rainstorms will be considered for a new program that would pay for the installation of a backflow ...

HUNTINGTON — Huntington’s aging sanitary sewer system has been showing the effects of its deteriorating structure in the last several years — on the city’s streets during heavy rain events and in ...

To prevent basement flooding that numerous residents reported during heavy rains this spring, Bexley City Council is considering legislation that would enable residents to request the city install ...

The Basement Backup Protection Program (B2P2) aims to reduce sewer backups in Lansing basements by assisting with some of the costs to mitigate or prevent the problem. Now city officials say they have ...

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 ...

WATERLOO, Iowa (KWWL) -- It was a year ago Wednesday that residents north of Byrne Park in the Home Park Boulevard area experienced the first of three sewer backups. Heavy rain caused flooding and ...