Uptown homeowner blames Sewerage & Water Board for explosive sewer backups Share Updated: 5:18 PM CST Feb 4, 2021 Share Updated: 5:18 PM CST Feb 4, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript MORE ON THAT, COMING UP. SULA: AN UPTOWN HOMEOWNER FINDS HERSELF IN A MESS. SHE BLAMES THE SEWERAGE AND WATER BOARD. GREG LAROSE HAS LOOKED INTO THE SITUATION AND JOINS US WITH MORE. REPORTER: I WAS WEARING MY MASK TODAY, AND HE DID NOT REALLY HELP. HER PROBLEMS STARTED A WEEK AGO, WHEN CREWS CLEANING OUT A SEWER LINE FOR STRAW SEWAGE BACK INTO HER BATHROOM. WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE IS NOT PLEASANT. THIS IS THE BATHROOM WHERE SEWAGE CAME BACK UP THROUGH THE TOILET, EVEN THE SHOWER. SHE RINSED THE SPACE OUT -- RENTED THE SPACE OUT TO A COUPLE OF STUDENTS, THEY HAD TO MOVE OUT. SOME CREWS HAVE BEEN OUT, BUT SHE HAS NOT BEEN TOLD WHEN THE PROBLEM WILL BE FIXED. >>>> I FLUSH MY TOILET UPSTAIRS AND IT MADE THE DOWNSTAIRS TOILET EXPLODE WITH RAW SEWAGE. >> BIGGER STORY THAN ONE HOMEOWNER. THEY HAVE BEEN UNDER AN EPA CONSENT DECREE SINCE 1998. IT SPELLS OUT HOW THEY HAVE TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES LIKE THIS ONE. THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THEY CARRIED OUT T