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 ...

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.

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 ...