Q My duplex has a common basement divided by a wall. My neighbor has installed a sump and a pump, but some water finds its way across his floor and under the wall into my space. I don’t mind that, but ...

MILLBURN – If your sump pump is spilling water out onto the street, the word from Town Hall is that you need to get it fixed, pronto. Code Enforcement Officer Dave Cuomo has proposed that the township ...

Duluth Mayor Don Ness wants to solve the city's sewage overflow problems by stopping water from flowing into private lines rather than by relying on expensive storage basins. But to do so, he'll ...

Flood-fighting devices such as backflow valves and sump pumps are “absolutely necessary” these days in rain-ravaged Windsor, says city building inspector Dwayne Kenney. Kenney, a licensed plumber with ...

Justin Caldwell's home can be seen behind a portable toilet on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in Farr West. Sewage flowed through his basement reaching a height of 18 inches from Tuesday to Sunday. Portable ...

They are largely unnoticed and underappreciated. They may rest quietly for days or weeks on end in the bottom of a pit until conditions demand they do their work to save our basements and crawl spaces ...