No one wants to have a musty basement. If you notice foul sewer smells in your house or basement, here are the five possible ...

If your basement floor is below your sewer line (and most are), a gravity toilet won't work down there. You need what's known as an upflush toilet that uses a pump to flush everything into the sewer.

Instead, the sewer line will usually stretch directly to the sewer main through the front yard, providing an idea of where it might be. Another option for finding a sewer line in a front yard is ...

Fort Collins Utilities operates 450 miles of sewer lines, said Theresa Connor, water engineering and field services operations manager. Weather permitting, crews work on scouring lines every work ...

The private sewer lines "may have serious cracks or other damage,” Brown said. “These repairs are very costly to homeowners and increase the number of basement backups during rain events ...

They determined a 24-inch city sewer line had collapsed. "Fortunately, it's a trunk sewer, ... "Every time it rains, it rains heavy, it goes into the basement, and it fills up.