These concrete or plastic basins channel water from your yard into a larger drainage system underground. In this way, they act like a storm or sewer system—complete with metal grates—in your yard.

After filling the sinkholes, crews began work on the damaged storm drain - which caused the sinkhole - to replace a sewer line. “I’m told it is the most complex emergency project that the ...

Grist dives into the effects of heavy rains on the aging pipes of Boston and NYC, plus how each city plans to solve the ...

Residents in St. Petersburg are being asked to limit water usage beginning at 7 p.m., on Wednesday after the city turned off ...

Harrison officials are moving forward with a storm sewer project that has been deemed a critical concern. The project will ...

Pennsylvania American Water today reminded customers that falling leaves can block storm drains in their neighborhoods, ...

Metropolitan Sewer District crews were out Thursday clearing out storm drains to hopefully prevent flooding in known trouble areas. “We’ve seen things like basketballs, skateboards ...

Several Waterhouse Street residents say a rain storm in August left their basements flooded with raw sewer water and now hope ...

Hanapēpē faces a wastewater spill with around 50,000 gallons leaked, closing Hana Road and prompting cleanup efforts.

Drain flies, also known as sink flies, sewer gnats, or filter flies ... They can occur in kitchen sinks, bathroom drains, storm drains. Anywhere with moisture and a buildup of sludge, food ...

LOUIS — "We see a lot of water bottles, trash," Nicholle Spencer with the Metropolitan Sewer District said ... laying in the street ends up in the storm inlets." Spencer took 5 On Your Side ...