‘sewers not built to handle that much water’
‘the massive amount of water seeped through CRACKS in the sewer laterals and main pipes, THEN flowed BACK into homes…’
'‘any blockage in the laterals from homes to main pipes compounded the problem’
Kappel, ‘clogged laterals the CAUSE of much of the basement flooding…’
http://archive.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee-48646722.html
–clogs or blockages
–broken or collapsed pipe
https://sbu.msdgc.org/sbu/page/3-Learn-about-Backups.aspx
…Inkster, Dearborn Heights, Grosse Pointe Woods, Warren (and others lolol)
https://www.ldclassaction.com/in-the-news/0200/09/14/flood-lawsuits-pour-in/
city pump station, control panel OVERHEATED lol, which caused pump to shut down… then a temporary power shortage shut down 2 other pumps… = backups, flooding in basements, do NOT need any interior drainage system and sump pump when shit like THIS is the actual problem, HELLO!
‘…Basements flooded leaving hundreds with sewage OR rainwater backups’
‘sewage or RAINWATER backups’… understand? lol
sewage OR rainwater backups