Flood claims - Drainage Systems: When drains go bad

Bad drain

Floods are headline-grabbers but as Jane Bernstein reports, rivers are only part of the problem and new legislation aims to solve the issues concerning sewers and drains.

When floods hit the headlines, public attention is drawn to startling images of rivers bursting their banks. But there has been widespread recognition of the fact that rivers are one cause and that

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