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 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District has a plan to permanently prevent raw sewage from discharging onto Cleveland’s popular Edgewater Beach. The proposal involves a new ...

Whether you refuse to accept them, or understand they are a part of city life on the Great Lakes, sewer overflows are a hot button topic. But what — or who — decides whether and when they happen? It's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three Bergen County municipalities have signed an agreement with the state Department of Environmental Protection to reduce ...

A combination of stormwater and untreated sewage overflows from the MSD system into the Mill Creek in April 2024. The amount of raw sewage discharged into public waters in Greater Cincinnati was ...

Whether you refuse to accept them, or understand they are a part of city life on the Great Lakes, sewer overflows are a hot button topic. But what — or who — decides whether and when they happen? It's ...

Capital Region Water started a $1.4 billion initiative to modernize its aging infrastructure and address environmental challenges in the greater Harrisburg area. The project focuses on upgrading the ...

HOLYOKE — Long-awaited work to separate stormwater from wastewater in a section of Holyoke, reducing pollution of the Connecticut River, is set to begin, fulfilling a commitment to the federal ...

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 ...

GOWANUS — Construction has been completed on the $54 million installation of new storm sewers along Third Avenue in Gowanus, a group of high-ranking city officials announced on Wednesday. The ...

Raw sewage and pollution from roadways can flow untreated into the Hackensack and Hudson rivers. Three Bergen County municipalities have signed an agreement with the state Department of Environmental ...