"The only way a backwater valve is ever used is if the city sewer is plugged or backs up," Chandler said. "The only thing a backwater valve is going to do is it's going to force the water to the next ...

EVERETT — The city of Everett’s program to install flood-prevention devices in the city’s north end has gotten off to a slow start. In 2013, sudden severe storms Aug. 29 and Sept. 6 caused scores of ...

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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 ...

Grosse Pointe Park — Grosse Pointe Park is moving forward to build an emergency release valve into its sanitary sewer system that will allow the city to discharge sewage into the Detroit River during ...

STAR-ADVERTISER The state Health Department estimated that the Coast Guard cutter Morgenthau released 4,600 gallons of wastewater and sewage into Honolulu Harbor. A Coast Guard statement says the ship ...

Here is the scene from a corroded pipe near Cassia Boulevard canal in February of 2018. BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A broken valve resulted in hundreds of gallons of sewage spilling in Satellite Beach late ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A broken sewage valve in ...

A broken valve resulted in hundreds of gallons of sewage spilling in Satellite Beach late Sunday. County repair workers responded to the air release valve break near Cassia Boulevard and South Patrick ...