SGI Canada has paid $140 million in sewer back-up claims over the last five years and is encouraging homeowners to use sewer back-water valves to guard against these costly and potentially ...

Backwater valves in new construction is fine, but it's not going to help anybody else." Chandler argued a number of city streets have always flooded, even way back to when he was a kid.

Apr. 16—Newton City Council last week unanimously approved changes to the sewer ordinance and is now requiring landowners to disconnect old faulty sanitary sewer pipes from the public sewer main ...