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Basement Blues

No need to blush at the mess.

by Shelley Daily

posted 7/19/2010

Ann Arbor residents facing the city's mandatory footing drain disconnection--which aims to keep rainwater out of the city's sanitary sewer system and reduce the chances of basement backups--also may be facing a more daunting task: cleaning out their messy basements. In targeted neighborhoods, engineers first must inspect the area in the basement where the drain

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