About 178,000 gallons of sewage was not treated by Aberdeen’s wastewater treatment plant during Tropical Storm Isaias due to the surge of water making its way into the system, coupled with residents’ ...

Valparaiso officials are planning to warn residents of the Green Acres and Concord Woods area that they must disconnect sump pumps from sanitary sewers or face possible fines. It's a message everyone ...

Mar. 29—NEW LONDON — In 2004, the city began sending letters to residents asking them to disconnect any illegal sump pump connections out of concerns that discharge from such hook-ups could overwhelm ...

Elmhurst may offer residents with illegal sump-pump connections to the sanitary sewer system $100 apiece to help defray the cost of disconnecting them in an effort to ease the load on the local ...

The City of Waltham has implemented a voluntary sump pump amnesty program to help homeowners comply with a local law that forbids discharge of groundwater into the sewer system. Many residents must ...

FARGO — The Fargo Water Reclamation Facility asked residents to ensure their sump pump lines are properly connected for the spring season. From March 31 to Oct. 1, residential sump pumps should drain ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Fresh rainfall prompted the city of Fargo to remind everyone in the metro area that their sump pumps should no longer be connected to the sanitary sewer system. Those ...

VALPARAISO | Homeowners in the Green Acres subdivision who experienced basement flooding during recent heavy rains only have themselves, or their builders, to blame, but the city's Utilities Board is ...

City workers go door-to-door beginning in April to check for sump pumps illegally connected to the city’s storm sewers or waste water sewers. Having the owners disconnect and pump water outside on the ...

The problem of moving standing water from one place to another has preoccupied engineers for thousands of years. Historians report that even Archimedes worked on the problem. Fortunately for modern ...