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South Bend <br />Residential Basement Valve Program <br />The City of South Bend is dedicated to addressing sewer back-up problems through its aggressive sewer <br />maintenance and rehabilitation program. However sewer systems have the potential to overflow during <br />periods of heavy rain. This diagram shows how that can happen. <br />Curb <br />Street <br />.j Note: Tree <br />Catch Basin lawn, <br />5ide'walk, <br />and Yard <br />if any have <br />been omitted. <br />Note: All <br />dimenions are <br />representational <br />and are not to <br />scale. <br />gBuilding Sewer <br />All that is required for sewage <br />to backup into a basement is <br />a blockage in the sewer line. <br />This blockage may be in the <br />Basement main, it may be in the Building <br />Walls Sewer, it may be in the <br />Building Drain. Back flow of <br />sewage can also happen in <br />Combined Sewers during rain <br />slorms. In that case the <br />excess water will find a <br />way out, even through a <br />floor drain. <br />Basement Floor Floor Drain <br />Building Drain )May have Liam <br />lines connected.) Usually when sewage backs <br />up into a basement, it first shows up at an <br />unprotected floor drain. <br />This Basement Valve Program has been developed as part of South Bend's ongoing efforts to reduce the <br />risk of basement sewage back-ups. It is a partial cost reimbursement program for the installation of <br />backflow prevention devices such as valves or other mechanisms installed by a licensed plumber and co - <br />paid for by the City and the property owner as set out below. <br />1 <br />