What is a sump pump? It’s a device with one goal in life: to keep your basement or crawl space from flooding, coming to your rescue when your home is in hot water—or any water, in fact. “Sump pumps ...

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Rapid City officials say they have found a way to prevent floods in basements from causing icy roads and sidewalks in frigid weather. "In the winter time, when people release sump-pump water into ...

WEST FARGO — The West Fargo Public Works Department is experiencing an overload in the sewer system and is urging residents to switch sump pumps to discharge outside as soon as possible after the ...

We have been having some awful storms recently and lots of people around us have been losing power. My neighborhood has been good as all our power lines are buried except for a larger (array???) or ...

Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Sami Allen is the managing editor at Forbes Home, with over seven years of ...

MOORHEAD—The City of Moorhead is reminding residents to redirect sump pump hoses ahead of our late spring melting period. Residents are asked to disconnect their sump pumps from the sanitary sewer and ...

Water backup coverage can pay for damage to your home if a sewer or drain backs up or a sump pump overflows. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who ...

Mar. 29—NEW LONDON — In 2004, the city began sending letters to residents asking them to disconnect any illegal sump pump connections out of concerns that discharge from such hook-ups could overwhelm ...

All sump pumps in West Fargo must have their sump pump discharge outside beginning April 1, 2017. This regulation includes properties with sump pump variances for winter months. Properties found not ...