Backflow valves are 85% effective in eliminating sewer backup, according to Galen Heinrichs, stormwater utility manager with the City of Saskatoon. Moreover, in that 15% of instances in which a home ...

In 1979, nearly 3 million pounds of pork was contaminated at the Swift & Co. packing plant in Marshalltown when employees unknowingly sprayed hog carcasses with wastewater from the kill floor and ...

In my opinion, the author of the letter to the editor titled "Plumbers must love this one" is casting disparaging remarks at the wrong party. The Manatee County Utility Operations Department is merely ...

The city of Kennewick received hundreds of calls after stepping up enforcement on the annual inspection of backflow valves on water systems. The valves prevent drinking water contamination. Bob Brawdy ...

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 ...