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 ...

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 — 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 ...

Harmar Township officials assured residents they will find an answer to their sewage backup issues as they continue their investigation. During the supervisors’ Nov. 18 meeting, residents were updated ...

The agency in charge of delivering clean water to New Yorkers forgot to do it for its own employees. A new building at the Hunts Point sewage plant in the Bronx was built seven months ago without a ...

COLUMBIA — Columbia residents experiencing sewer backup in their homes can now get financial assistance from the city for installing backflow prevention systems. On Monday, the City Council authorized ...