Dealing with sewer backups is unpleasant and potentially very costly. Many things can contribute to blockages, including tree roots, improper waste disposal (flushing things you shouldn’t ...

Preventing sewer blockages, overflows begins at home ONUS You may not be aware of it, but every time you pour fat, oil, or grease down your sink you are contributing to a costly problem in the ...

Little Rock Wastewater will have an additional five years past its 2018 deadline to complete hundreds of millions of dollars in improvements to prevent citywide sewer overflows under an extension ...

Combined sewer overflows — better known as CSOs — are relics from the mid-19th century, ... it can’t prevent CSO overflows in every case.

Certain properties with chronic sewer backups can be eligible for MSD to install a prevention device, but that only protects one home at a time. MSD has installed over a thousand of these devices ...

The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District is urging Milwaukee-area residents to cut water use ahead of the precipitation moving into the area Tuesday night. To avoid a combined sewer overflow ...

The overflow spill about 450 gallons of wastewater into Hall Mill Creek. This was a result due to a break on a sewer mainline. MAWSS crews are taking steps to prevent future overflows at this ...