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Buying a Dallas-Area Home? Use This Homebuyer Checklist
Buying a home? Use this homebuyer checklist to inspect the foundation. Cracks, stuck doors, and uneven floors may signal ...
French Drains 101: How Well-Placed Trenches and Pipes Can Keep Your Property Dry
Do you have a permanent damp spot in your yard? Do you get water in your basement after a heavy rain? French drains could be ...
Ask the Builder: Adding a new bathroom is challenging
You’ll never regret having easy access to all the plumbing in any bathroom. Decades ago architects put bedroom closets on the ...
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Neighborhood storm water drain causes years of flooding concerns for Olathe homeowner
Her basement flooded again.Foundation company engineers estimated a $25,000 to $40,000 drain system but ultimately held off, saying there was no solution to handle the volume of water in ...
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Letters: New Orleans should reimagine drainage system using tunnels
Ricardo Fernandez’s recent letter, "S&WB should get complete revamp along with new director,” stating the need to upgrade the current drainage system is on point. The entire metro area system ...
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Security Fire Department warns of deadly dangers in storm drainage systems
<a href="https://www.fox21news.com/news/security-fire-department-warns-of-deadly-dangers-in-storm-drainage-systems/">https://www.fox21news.com/news/security-fire ...
The Conversation15d
Africa’s refugee camps are plagued by flooding: we looked into drainage systems that can withstand local conditions
The region experiences very intense, short storms. The camps don’t have proper water drainage systems, which means the stormwater causes flash flooding and mudslides. This results in ...
Mercury News15d
Missing California woman rescued from storm drain
“With that confirmation of life, we inserted our rescuers into the storm drain system through one of the manhole covers,” he said. But tight spots like storm drains can be fraught with ...
7News Miami16d
Woman recovered from storm drain in Poway pronounced dead
“Firefighters were opening manhole covers all along the storm drain system, and then they were eventually able to finally locate here in an area uphill from where we had been searching, at which ...
KESQ News16d
Woman rescued from storm drain had not been seen in nearly two weeks
“Firefighters were opening manhole covers all along the storm drain system, and then they were eventually able to finally locate here in an area uphill from where we had been searching, at which ...
NBC New York16d
Missing San Diego woman pulled from storm drain dies at hospital
A San Diego woman who was the subject of a police search for the past two weeks and was found Monday in an underground storm drain system in medical distress has died after being rescued ...
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Technical Services say storm drain & sewer system issues highlight importance of regular maintenance
The Technical Services Department has told GBC the recent issues with the storm drains and the sewer systems are a reminder of what a critical part of infrastructure they are, and how important it is ...