Photos of August 22 and August 25, 1998.
As these photos illustrate, the City of Chicago has been negligent in maintaining its sewer system. Residents in a wide area are affected by sewer water coming into their basements.

 Photos are provided complements of W. A. Strnad, community resident.

Newly remodeled basement still has ban saw in back.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 1
New bathroom has sewer water coming up from shower area.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 2
Sewer water makes its way to front of building.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 3
Water gets deeper in library area.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 4
Water from bathroom meets water from library.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 5
Water from front door starts coming in.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 6
Sheets of paneling get wet.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 7
Over 4" of sewer water hits rear of building.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 8
New birch doors don't escape water.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 9
Sump pump works overtime.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 10
Bag of concrete soon to turn solid.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 11
New bathroom - grout needs to be redone.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 12
Residue from front area.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 13
New chairs are used to hold items. Water marches forward.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 14
New carpet gets submersed.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 15
2nd of 11 houses that got hit.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 16
This property owner spent over a thousand dollars to stop this from happening, but...  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 17
3rd of 11 houses - shinny floor is reflection in water.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 19
Larger view.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 20
4th of 11 houses.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 21
Many people don't have the money to initiate repairs and can only do it a little at a time.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 22
Residents use whatever they can to start the cleanup.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 23
Large sump pumps didn't help this property owner.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 25
Items moved away from sewer downspout get moved back as water goes down.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 26
5th of 11 houses.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 27
Flood water made it to the front of their house.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 28
Cat litter floated to different area of house.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 29
New bedding was put on sofa to escape destruction.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 30
6th of 11 houses.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 31
Long area rug sits beneath water.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 32
5' pipe was plugged into sewer. Sits behind door.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 33
Sewer water hits oriental rug.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 34
Oriental rug - view 2.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 35
7th of 11 houses.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 36
Many items were lifted to safety but some just couldn't be raised.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 37
This house followed the guidelines of disconnecting rain gutters but still flooded.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 38
Photos 40-49 are of the new railroad crossing. Other photos of houses are not shown for a wide variety of reasons.  
 Sewer Department works on cleaning AFTER the flood. Note there are two people in the cab and one outside.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 50
Ready for a dump?  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 51
Sewer department worker (not in the cab) walks to the next CB.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 52
Now he is made aware by the people in the cab that pictures are being taken.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 53
How many trucks does it take? For this job apparently 2.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 54
Worker puts on proper identification jacket for our picture.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 55
Back to work for the camera.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 56
2nd dump in 15 minutes. At that rate he can make a career out of this job.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 57
The CB unit being cleaned is approximately 6' deep. Workers say it's not very deep like others in the area.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 58
A hole-in-one.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 59
An alderman's office who wants to claim credit for doing something when in actual fact, does nothing.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 61
Better photo showing this alderman's office and number.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 62
Sample sewer piece.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 65
A necessary evil is delay in travel times.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 67
Ugly sky - 1  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 69
Ugly sky - 2  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 70
Aftermath of August 24 flooding shows broken trees.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 71
Trees - 2nd view.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 72
Trees - 3rd view.  Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 73