Engineering Services Division, City of Toledo, Basement Flooding Grant Program

The Basement Flooding Grant Program assists property owners in the purchase and installation of corrective measures to prevent basement flooding caused by sewer backups from overloaded City sanitary sewers. If you are unsure of the cause of a basement flood, the program literature and program staff can usually rely on the details of how the flood occurred to help diagnose overloaded sewers or other problems. The grant program does not assist with other problems, such as needing to have your sewer cleaned or repaired between the house and the city sewer. If you are currently experiencing or have recently experienced a basement flood, here are some quick pointers about this program.

If you believe your basement flood is or was from a sewer backup, report it to the sewer dispatcher at 419-936-2924 immediately.
Water coming in around the walls is not part of this program. The grant program protects from future flooding coming up your basement sewer drain.
If your basement is currently wet, do not look to this program for immediate relief. Do review all information to determine if this can help you for the future.
A recent basement flood indicates the risk of a near future recurrence while the ground remains saturated and sewer systems are still draining excess water.

The grant program is active and there is some backlog. Applications are currently being processed with about a 2 month turn around.