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 ...

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 ...

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.