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The Bloomington City Council has proposed that the city come up with a plan to help residents that have had their basements flooded with sewage due to the heavy rains that occurred in late June. The City explains that it has an obligation to help its residents and to find out the full scope of damage that has been done to properties in Bloomington.
If the City Council does not agree on some form of reimbursement for the resident of Bloomington, they may end up in court. Rumors have started about local attorneys planning to pursue a legal settlement with the city of Bloomington for the damages that hundreds of residents endured due to storm water and sewer backup flooding their basements. City officials have stated that they have been trying to address that sewer back up situation, but it can take a decade to update sewer systems and the Bloomington sewer system spans over eighty-five miles