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Sand leeching into a corroded 4-inch cast iron lateral caused sewage backups into a restaurant (which had to close), a check cashing service, and a bank on one block of a Santa Cruz, Calif., strip mall. High groundwater enabled sewage to wick up through the sand and the mall’s...