COLUMBIA — Columbia residents experiencing sewer backup in their homes can now get financial assistance from the city for installing backflow prevention systems. On Monday, the City Council authorized ...

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 ...

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 ...

One huge change that came with the new Minnesota State Plumbing Code that went into effect on January 23rd of this year was the requirement for annual backflow preventer testing. Here's the exact code ...