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 ...

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 ...

|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 ...

Mircea Dumitru is trying to dig himself out of a hole. The Mountain resident hired a contractor three months ago to install a backwater valve in his basement through a city grant program.

DETROIT – The City of Detroit has launched a new program aimed at helping residents in flood prone neighborhoods protect their basement from damage. Mayor Mike Duggan and Detroit Water and Sewerage ...

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 ...