The Detroit News. Congressman John Dingell is asking the federal and state officials to investigate why sewers backed up for thousands of homeowners in heavy rains this week. Remember that insurance companies depreciate the value of goods.
Officials say most raw sewage entering a house comes from the occupants.
In all, several thousand houses flooded in Southgate, Romulus, Wyandotte, Taylor, Dearborn Heights, Melvindale and Lincoln Park. In a letter Thursday, Dingell noted that he had asked federal and state officials for information about raw sewage discharges in August, but had yet to receive a reply. Hall called upon clean-up volunteers from the staff of Wayne County government and a carpenter's union and stationed an insurance claims adjuster at City Hall to provide some relief. Others mailed letters, advising homeowners of the efforts by city workers to limit water damages during the peak of heavy rains. We're at our wits end.