After a historic amount of rainfall fell in Los Angeles County from late 2023 through early spring, officials say there was a benefit for the region. L.A. County’s reservoirs captured and stored a little more than 96.3 billion gallons of water since October of last year when storm season began, which is enough to supply […]
BOCA RATON — A day after Sunday’s annual Boca Bash, Brook Crist took to Lake Boca for a day of “treasure hunting,” as she likes to call it. The treasure? The dozens of gallons of garbage left behind in the ocean by this year’s boaters at the bash, the once-a-year water party held on the last […]
The Stickney Water Reclamation Plant in Illinois is one of the largest wastewater-treatment facilities in the world, serving about 2.3 million people and cleaning an average of 700 million gallons of wastewater a day. During rainfall, the facility can handle a whopping 1.44 billion gallons of wastewater in a single day — that’s a million […]
Trillions of gallons are lost from aging drinking water systems across the U.S., underscoring an economic and public health reckoning after decades of deferred maintenance and disinvestment that leave some communities struggling to provide reliable service. The problem is especially acute in older industrial and rural areas in the eastern half of the country that […]
A 45-year-old Nebraska woman is facing a criminal charge for allegedly using a loophole to steal over 7,000 gallons of gas worth more than $27,000, according to media reports. The woman is accused of improperly using her rewards card from Pump and Pantry in Lincoln, Nebraska, at least 510 times over six months, KOLN-TV reported. […]
Trillions of gallons are lost from aging drinking water systems across the U.S., underscoring an economic and public health reckoning after decades of deferred maintenance and disinvestment that leave some communities struggling to provide reliable service. The problem is especially acute in older industrial and rural areas in the eastern half of the country that […]
PRICHARD, Ala. (AP) — Water bubbles up in streets, pooling in neighborhoods for weeks or months. Homes burn to the ground if firefighters can’t draw enough water from hydrants. Utility crews struggle to fix broken pipes while water flows through shut-off valves that don’t work. For generations, the water infrastructure beneath this southern Alabama city […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KETK) – After last week’s heavy rainstorms, the Nacogdoches Wastewater Treatment Plant said it is back on track with their process of removing excess water. Chicken gut truck leaves behind ‘trail of blood and gore’ on Marshall road During the storms, the plant said an excessive amount of storm water was picked up […]
There’s no use crying over spilled milk. That is, unless thousands of gallons of it are impacting your Saturday plans. Officials say 10,000 gallons of milk spilled onto the Massachusetts Turnpike when a dairy tanker rollover on the Route 12 on-ramp in Auburn. Auburn fire officials say diesel fuel also spilled onto the roadway during […]
Feb. 10—CLINTON — No one was injured when a train derailed Friday in the Union Pacific rail yard at South 23rd Street and Liberty Avenue, spilling 1,000 to 1,500 gallons of diesel fuel. According to a release from the City of Clinton, the train was in the rail yard and headed west when it derailed. […]
Deputies in York County are searching for vehicles they say were involved in stealing 2,146 gallons of diesel fuel on Tuesday. York County Sheriff’s Office said three different suspect vehicles were used to steal the fuel at the Gate gas station West Highway on Fort Mill. An unknown person broke open a pump by prying […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Federal authorities seized 370 gallons of liquid heroin and arrested four on drug trafficking charges after the suspects were apprehended at a hotel in Tigard last month, officials said. All four individuals, who are believed to have ties to a Mexico-based transnational criminal organization, were handed down federal charges Thursday that […]