I have a shower drain in a basement apartment. Recently, the sewer backed up and sewage water entered the apartment through the shower drain. Is it possible to install some sort of a check valve in ...

CARBONDALE — The city council passed a resolution Tuesday that would help keep sewage out of homeowner’s basements. Called the Sanitary Sewer Backflow Device Reimbursement program, the city has agreed ...

The agency in charge of delivering clean water to New Yorkers forgot to do it for its own employees. A new building at the Hunts Point sewage plant in the Bronx was built seven months ago without a ...