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Is your home at risk of a backup or backflow? Take this quiz to find out!

Question 1: Do you live in a hilly area?
 YES
 NO

Question 2: Is your house on the DOWNHILL side of the street?
 YES
 NO

Question 3: Does the LOWEST floor of your home appear to be a foot or less ABOVE the level of the nearest UPHILL sewer main manhole cover?
 YES
 NO
 NOT SURE

Question 4: 4. Is a sewer BACKUP PREVENTION DEVICE (BPD) -- often a mushroom shaped metal device in the yard near the house or a spring-loaded or weighted cover on a sewer line cleanout near the house -- installed on your lateral connection to the sewer main?

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 YES
 NO
 NOT SURE

Question 5: Is a cleanout installed outside your home and within at least FIVE feet of an outer wall?
 YES
 NO
 NOT SURE