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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Metropolitan District Commission officials promised financial help for residents of the Cedar Hollow condominium complex whose units were damaged in a sewage backflow earlier this month. “We wish it ...

Some South Bend residents along the St. Joe River are dealing with sewage in their basements after Monday night's heavy rains, and they say it's a recurring problem. “Everytime we have a big rainstorm ...

There is a sewage smell in our basement but doesn’t appear to come from the clean/out backflow valve area in floor. Guess there could be a leak in the line. Anyway to tell if the smell is sewage or ...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WJAR) — It wasn’t the Fourth of July celebration many Pawtucket homeowners say they were going for when raw sewage backed up into their homes – again. For the second time in a couple ...