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CANFIELD — The city is offering incentives to help homeowners prevent sewage backup. Before stormwater systems became the norm, city Manager Wade Calhoun explained, homes tied their downspouts or drain lines from roofs and basements directly into sanitary sewer systems. To incentivize people to take proper measures to prevent backups on private property, a program was introduced at the county level, and then in Canfield over the last decade. Mirroring Mahoning County’s wastewater backflow program, Canfield’s own program allows homeowners to make the appropriate improvements and apply t...

CANFIELD — An infrastructure project in Canfield that would improve stormwater flow has been fully funded by grant work, saving residents money. City officials learned in mid-summer that Canfield received funding through the Ohio Emergency Management Agency, under a hazard mitigation grant program through the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Cost for the Sawmill Creek Drainage Improvement project is $1.2 million, said city Manager Wade Calhoun, which is now completely covered by federal, state and local grant dollars. The program awarded in Canfield is a 75 / 25 percent match, originall...