The Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) has launched a backwater valve installation website to provide basic information about sewage backflow prevention devices to assist homeowners ...

Once the inspector has signed off on your backwater valve the permit status will change to “Completed – All inspections signed off”. Use the building permit application status tool to confirm your ...

A backwater valve costs about $250 but needs to be installed by a plumber, said Cheryl Evans, director of the home adaptation program at the Intact Centre for Climate Adaptation, a University of ...

A new home backwater-valve grant program intended to get rid of abuses by some plumbing businesses has been approved by a city council committee.

3. Install a Sump Pump and Backwater Valve A sump pump helps prevent basement flooding by removing excess water and directing it away from your home.

The city’s protective plumbing program offers residents grants of up to $2,000, plus $220 for building permits, to install backwater valves to guard against sewage backups.

Backwater valves in new construction is fine, but it's not going to help anybody else." Chandler argued a number of city streets have always flooded, even way back to when he was a kid.

Backwater valves reduce risk of flooding, city engineer CBC News · Posted: Aug 03, 2011 9:49 AM EDT | Last Updated: August 3, 2011 ...

City of Windsor officials are calling on homeowners to install backwater valves under the subsidy program. We did this back in June and it proved disastrous. Reader Letters Published Oct 07, 2017 ...

Sarnia is offering more money towards backwater valve installations after relatively few homeowners whose basements flooded in August took advantage, a city report says. City council unanimously ...