Changes to Newton’s sewer ordinances may require landowners to disconnect old service lines from the sewer main when a ...

Check with a local plumber or with ... your backflow preventer is near the main shutoff valve for your home. For a homeowner, the sewer backflow preventer usually will be above the ground, so ...

A big pipe carries waste from your house to the main sewer line under the street. If either becomes plugged or overloaded, sewage backs up and flows out of the lowest available drain. That’s ...

Have any of you had to fix (a backwater valve) because the city's sewer is backed up? You have to pull a check valve out. What that does is anything from the city sewer comes right back into the ...