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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...