Why do you believe that? In my case it's merely returning to the cracked leaky sewer from whence it came. Where do you suggest someone pump thousands of gallons of water? The tiny patches of backyard that only some of us have? What's definitely NOT code is pumping it onto the sidewalk where a freeze would create a nice hazard. It can be run under the sidewalk to the curb, but almost nobody does that.

DCofJC wrote:
as far as CODE, I am 99.9% sure that what is NOT "to code" is pumping water into the SEWER SYSTEM! I think that's illegal.

Sorry to hear that. We were in your shoes in April '07 but fortunately we were home when the flooding happened and were able to do something about it. In our case, the sump pump pumps water into the sewer system. It was working, but at a certain point, the JC sewer system became backed up and there was no where for the water from our basement to go. The only solution was to pump the water out into the sidewalk, which I did with a portable pump I have.
You'll probably notice that a lot of your neighbors have pipes coming out to the sidewalk from their basements. I don't think this is to code, but it should take care of the problem. Alternatively, you can buy a portable pump, keep your eye on the weather and make sure you're home when this happens. FYI, we had 3" of rain over an 11 hr period. You should benchmark your risk of flooding to the amount of rainfall.

fraulein wrote:
We are first time flood 'victims' - just came back from a wedding for the weekend and had a foot of water, but it was 3 feet (so we're thinking the sump pump gave out). Even the guy who came to get the water out was like, 'Jeez.... I need more equipment.' They are coming back first thing in the AM to take care of it. We're obviously pursuing the insurance claim route as everything is ruined.

Any advice from others on what we may want to do once it's all cleaned up - we know it's important to get dehumidifiers and such. This is our first house (just bought in Oct) and first water issue so any advice or lessons learned would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

wm0110jp wrote: Video on flooding in Hoboken.. looks like it is near Zephyr Lofts.. the commentary is relatively entertaining... if somewhat insensitive.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0S5Z2faUq8&feature=player_embedded

Vigilante wrote:
"Pete" deserved what he got. I would LOVE to be that cop who got to laugh in Pete's face.

wm0110jp wrote:
Video on flooding in Hoboken.. looks like it is near Zephyr Lofts.. the commentary is relatively entertaining... if somewhat insensitive..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0S5Z2faUq8&feature=player_embedded

...flooding in Hoboken.. commentary is relatively entertaining...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0S5Z2faUq8&feature=player_embedded

emileigh23 wrote:
Can only imagine that the Turnpike on ramp off of Columbus is probably wrecked... I learned the hard way (and stupid way) that its NOT passable when flooded... though miraculously my car came through it unharmed..

srg1 wrote:
I guess 100 year floods now occur every three years or so.

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JC government needs to wake up and start requiring all these new developments to incorporate some sort of stormwater management into their plans (green roofs, rain gardens, porous pavement, etc)!

How easy is that to do in a neighborhood full of 1800's or 1900's era brownstones? Can that be done? How would that help our buildings?

i'm just saying the NEW developments should have to have this incorporated...or at the very least, incentivize it. by mitigating stormwater runoff from huge paved areas (street trees, rain gardens, etc.) and roofs (green roofs), you have less water running into the sewers during a rainfall event, and less overflow.

maybe if newer developments around here did that, more people would be aware of the stormwater issues, and would start to incorporate them into their own renoventations and such. or not.

but for all of this development to be going on and having nothing like this required or encouraged is just plain dumb.

you can find tons of info online about stormwater runoff issues...and JC has combined sewer systems, meaning when the sewers overflow, there's raw sewage being combined with the stormwater runoff.

jcnight wrote:
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erie wrote:
JC government needs to wake up and start requiring all these new developments to incorporate some sort of stormwater management into their plans (green roofs, rain gardens, porous pavement, etc)!

How easy is that to do in a neighborhood full of 1800's or 1900's era brownstones? Can that be done? How would that help our buildings?

erie wrote:
JC government needs to wake up and start requiring all these new developments to incorporate some sort of stormwater management into their plans (green roofs, rain gardens, porous pavement, etc)!