EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (CN) — East St. Louis’ sewer system has repeatedly discharged untreated sewage into the Mississippi River and other waterways, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the ...
Older coastal cities, like Philadelphia, New York and Boston are at risk of being inundated by untreated sewage during floods. Due in part to the design of their combined sewer systems and in part due ...
The OWDA announced Dec. 16 that it approved a loan for $669,906 to the Village of Gibsonburg at 3.89% for 20 years for the ...
(CN) — The federal government sued the city and county of San Francisco on Wednesday over “its repeated and widespread failures to operate its two combined stormwater-sewer systems and sewage ...
FILE: A delivery pipe for cement and grout hangs over locomotive tracks in the launch shaft of an MDC tunnel project in Hartford, Connecticut, on July 29, 2021. When operational, the project will use ...
A project that will prevent raw sewage from backing up onto Centralville streets and into basements and being dumped into the ...
For centuries, the Potomac River has helped fuel the nation. Winding 405 miles from West Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay, the river beloved by George Washington has been a source of everything from ...
Boston Harbor has come a long way since it was labeled an "open sewer" in the 1980s. A court-mandated cleanup transformed the harbor and surrounding rivers into some of the most improved urban ...
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Plans for the City of Richmond’s combined sewer overflow program is moving forward. After being approved by the Virginia Department of Environmental (DEQ) in August 2024, the ...
As climate-related flood risk rises, cities are confronting outdated sewer systems that could result in sewage backing up into basements and streets. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to ...
Philadelphia's wastewater system releases 12.7 billion gallons of raw sewage and stormwater runoff each year into the Delaware River and other waterways, making them frequently unsafe to swim, boat ...