Heavy rains may bring basement flooding
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WINNIPEG — High river levels means a bigger strain on the city sewer system, and rain in the forecast means there’s a greater chance of basement flooding.
Today the city warned Winnipeggers to take precautions against basement flooding by installing equipment like a sewer line back-up valves and a sump pit with a pump in the basement.
The forecast calls for heavy rains tonight, and with the already high river levels, the city’s sewer system capacity is reduced, the city said in a news release. That’s because the sewer system depends on pumping stations rather than gravity to carry rain runoff when river levels are high.
Valves and sump pump drainage systems should be inspected every spring to make sure they’re working properly. Homeowners should direct drainspouts away from basement walls to make sure drainage is directed away from homes, and built up earth around their homes.
Draining sump pump water into basement floor drains or through any other part of a home plumbing system is against the law.
Winnipeggers can get more information at www.winnipeg.ca/waterandwaste/drainageFlooding/basementFlooding.stm or by calling 311.
River levels are likely to stay on the high side until early June.