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Spring Garden Dr & Trail Pl Madison, NJ, 07940, USA Show on Map Hide Map
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Issue ID:

11020786

Submitted To:

Borough of Madison

Category:

Sewer

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Neighborhood:

Madison

Reported:

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Description

On 9/1/21, Tropical Depression Ida went through Madison, rained very hard for a long time. Around 10PM that night, I went down to basement to check if there is any water in basement or not. I saw the sewer dirty smelly water back flowed through the sink very quickly. I put the stopper in the hole, the force of water pushed it away. I had to put 4 bricks on top of the stopper to stop the back flow of sewer water into basement.
I am reporting this incident so that the Madison Borough can work on the sewer system to prevent this kind of incident happen again in the future.
It was very unhealthy, smelly, dirty sewer came into people's house which should never happen.
Please address this problem and solve this problem, so it will not happen again.
Thanks for understanding.
Wen-Jan Armbruster at 1 Trail Place, Madison, NJ 07940

also asked...
Q. If this is a time-sensitive situation or emergency, please contact Madison Department of Public Works at 973-593-3088 or if afterhours, Madison Police Department at 973-593-3000. Please select your non-emergency issue(s):
A. Storm Sewer Back-Up
Q. Please describe your issue(s), including location:
A. On 9/1/21, Tropical Depression Ida went through Madison, rained very hard for a long time. Around 10PM that night, I went down to basement to check if there is any water in basement or not. I saw the sewer dirty smelly water back flowed through the sink very quickly. I put the stopper in the hole, the force of water pushed it away. I had to put 4 bricks on top of the stopper to stop the back flow of sewer water into basement. I am reporting this incident so that the Madison Borough can work on the sewer system to prevent this kind of incident happen again in the future. It was very unhealthy, smelly, dirty sewer came into people's house which should never happen. Please address this problem and solve this problem, so it will not happen again. Thanks for understanding. Wen-Jan Armbruster at 1 Trail Place, Madison, NJ 07940

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