The Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati has received about 450 reports of possible sewer backups and overland flooding since the rains of Wednesday and Thursday.
The reports came from across its service area, with the vast majority coming from central Hamilton County, MSD Director Diana Christy said in a statement Friday.
“MSD is actively investigating all reports and has more than 20 crews in the field right now. MSD investigates each report in an effort to determine the cause,” she said.
“Based on our initial evaluations, many of the reports appear to be due to widespread overland flooding, which is not within MSD’s span of control and is not covered by our sewer backup program."
The sewer backup program reimburses property owners and tenants for cleaning services and other claims if the backup was caused by the MSD public sewer.
MSD does not cover issues caused solely by overland flooding or private plumbing issues.
A property owner or tenant who has experienced recurring sewer backups at a property may be eligible for an individualized MSD solution to prevent the backups.
Sewer backups should be reported to MSD as soon as possible by calling 513-352-4900 or reporting it online at sbu.msdgc.org/sbu.
So far as the long-term, Christy said that MSD is performing a study to identify cost-effective, watershed-based solutions for chronic sewer backup issues in Hamilton County communities.
According to its website, MSD collects and treats wastewater in 43 of the 49 political subdivisions in Hamilton County and small parts of Butler, Clermont and Warren counties.
Communities not covered by MSD include Glendale, Harrison, Harrison Township, Milford (the portion in Hamilton County), Terrace Park and Whitewater Township.
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