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Residents say city sewer upgrades are causing basement backups in Glenville area
Summary
A resident told council that a new 48‑inch relief sewer is feeding downhill into undersized 8‑inch pipes on Invermere and Lee Road, creating predictable bottlenecks that force sewage into basements; the resident asked the city and sewer department to accept responsibility and remediate the problem.
Sherry Baker, speaking for several residents of Embamere Avenue, told council that repeated basement sewage backups are not random weather events but the result of mismatched infrastructure: a newly installed 48‑inch sanitary relief sewer uphill is reportedly discharging into downstream 8‑inch pipes that lack capacity.
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