Winnetka village council members have decided to find another $50,000 for their recently revived sewer backflow prevention program, after hearing from staff that demand for the cost-sharing program ...

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 ...

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 ...

Wendy Hudik and her husband bought their Mentor home in the summer of 2006 and moved in that fall. A couple of months earlier, and they likely wouldn’t have. Their purchase occurred shortly after the ...

Upper Arlington homeowners whose residences experience sewer backups because of heavy rainfall may be able to recoup a portion of the costs to install preventive equipment under a new city program.

Spring rains can bring beautiful flowers, but the seasonal deluge poses a risk to hundreds of thousands of Bay Area homeowners – in the form of backed-up sewage. The Association of Bay Area ...

LAMBERTVILLE — A $145,850 federal grant should pay three-quarters of the cost of a sliding flood gate, portable pump and storm sewer backflow preventer that are intended to prevent the Delaware River ...