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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 />All that is requned for sewage <br />Sheet <br />to backup into a basement is <br />a blockage in the sewer line. <br />Note: Tree <br />This blockage may be in the <br />Catch Basin lawn, <br />main, t may 6e in the Building <br />Basement <br />Sidewalk, <br />Sewer, it may be in the <br />Walls <br />and Yard <br />Building Drain. Back flow of <br />if any have <br />sewage can also happen in <br />been omitted, <br />Combined Sewers during rain <br />storms. M that case the <br />excess water will find a <br />way out, even through a <br />Note: All <br />floor drain. <br />dimenions are <br />representational <br />and are not to <br />scale. <br />Basement Floor Floor Drain <br />Combined <br />Building Sewer <br />Building Drain (May have other drain <br />Storm and <br />lines connected.) Usually when sewage backs <br />Sanitary <br />up into a basement, it first shows up at an <br />Sewer Main <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 />