Ed Buchan, with the City of Raleigh Department of Public Utilities, explains why each home needs a backwater valve to prevent sewage from backing up into the house. Ed Buchan, with the City of Raleigh ...

A new home backwater-valve grant program intended to get rid of abuses by some plumbing businesses has been approved by a city council committee. It will have five city vetted contractors for ...

The Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) has launched a backwater valve installation website to provide basic information about sewage backflow prevention devices to assist homeowners in ...

EVERETT — The city of Everett is extending its now passed deadline for some residents to install backwater valves to protect their property from sewer backups in the event of a major storm. The new ...

|Lindsay Bunce suffered basement flooding when water came in through the shared wall after a pipe in the home attached to hers broke. The house on the other side of the wall is abandoned. It’s all ...

Since Des Moines relaunched an incentive program a year ago, fewer than 200 property owners have sought reimbursement for a device that can prevent sewage from backing into homes. Program advocates ...

Sarnia is offering more money towards backwater valve installations after relatively few homeowners whose basements flooded in August took advantage, a city report says. Previously, the ceiling was $1 ...

The city has settled on five contractors for home backwater-valve installations under its protective plumbing grant program. The roster of prequalified plumbing and drain contractors departs from an ...