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# How Can You Help Prevent a Homeowner Basement Backup?

April 15, 2026

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## **Frequently Asked Questions**

### **A Backflow Preventer**

Do you know what a Backflow Preventer is? It’s a device that can help prevent a sanitary sewer backup in your home. Learn more in this informative Backflow Preventer video from NEW Water below.

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### **Be “Sump Pump Savvy” **

With spring weather comes potential for wet weather events – and basement backups. Make being sump pump savvy part of your routine home maintenance!

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[Learn more about I&I here, and how you can help >>](https://www.newwater.us/projects/inflow-infiltration)

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### **Don’t Treat Your Toilet Like a Trashcan**

Flush Only the “3Ps.” Are you flushing wipes (including those labeled flushable), feminine hygiene products, dental floss, cotton balls, and anything other than the “3Ps” in your toilet? Are you pouring grease, fats, and oils down your drain in your kitchen sink? These items can clump together in your home’s pipes, congeal and cause a backup in your basement. These items also inhibit the proper functioning of the infrastructure to keep the wastewater process flowing. During times of floods, this can increase potential for sewer backups and overflows.

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[Learn more about how you can #LoveYourPipes >> ](https://www.newwater.us/education/love-your-pipes)

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