BELLEVILLE, Ill. – A small business owner in Belleville believes he’s getting a raw deal from the city after his business was flooded with raw sewage. Dorian Leroy, owner of NEEC Technology Repairs, said he’s had to spend $20,000 to clean up the mess because of a backup in the city sewer system. Leroy said […]
PROVIDENCE – A 458-acre portion of the western side of Bristol Harbor has been closed to shellfishing due to a sewage spill, the state Department of Environmental Management announced Friday. The emergency closure, which took effect at sunrise on March 9 and extends through sunrise on Saturday, March 30, includes waters north of a line […]
A contractor’s error when building a new housing development caused a 240,315-gallon spill of untreated sewage in Fuquay-Varina, town officials reported Thursday. When people started to move into the 22-home development earlier this year, the contractor should have removed a plug separating the development’s sewage system from the town’s pipes, Michael Wagner, Fuquay-Varina’s utilities director, […]
ASHEVILLE – The “Secret Garden of Eden” trio of Airbnbs in Weaverville have over total 407 reviews, near five-star ratings and mainly use composting toilets —an alternate form of waste disposal. Yet, despite the glowing reviews, after the visit is over, the Airbnb owners, Sara Burrows and Brad Jordan, dump all of the renters’ human […]
Raw sewage and runoff in the Tijuana River is exposing communities at the US-Mexico border to an unusual and noxious brew of pathogens and toxic chemicals, according to a report released this week. Billions of gallons of sewage flow through the river, which winds north from Mexico through California and empties into the Pacific Ocean, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced Tuesday that it is expanding a program to help rural communities with serious sewage problems get technical help to plan improvements and apply for funding. Eleven communities in the South and Southwest were chosen in 2022 for a pilot program, and another 150 will be able to apply […]
A “significant volume” untreated sewage spilled into Clear Creek and the Sacramento River on Sunday after a power outage caused pumps at the city’s nearby sewage plant to shut down, city of Redding officials said Thursday. A storm with high winds knocked out power in the area of the Clear Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in […]
Lexington will spend up to $550,000 to develop new odor control systems for two of its sewage treatment plants. The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council gave initial approval Tuesday for a contract for the design of new odor control systems. The move comes after hearing repeated complaints from neighborhoods surrounding the West Hickman Wastewater Treatment Plant […]
A massive sewage spill forced the closure of several swimming areas in Long Beach on Friday. Over 47,000 gallons of sewage were discharged into Long Beach Bay, affecting all recreational swimming spots at or near Colorado Lagoon and Alamitos Bay. Those areas have been closed off to the public at this time. The spill was […]
Jan. 30—The proposed expansion of a memory care center on a residential street has torn a rift through a quiet neighborhood on Santa Fe’s south side. Calle Vera Cruz residents, many of whom have lived on the street for decades, say they fear the expansion of the Vista Hermosa assisted-living facility will strain its septic […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Officials from the Portland Bureau of Environmental Services (PBES) are advising the public to avoid contact with the Willamette River downstream of the Ross Island Bridge. January’s periods of snowfall and heavy rains caused a combined sewer overflow to the Willamette River on Saturday morning, leading city officials to issue the […]
Jan. 14—By Dillon Mullan — dmullan@baltsun.com January 14, 2024 at 5:47 p.m. Sewage from a Howard County water treatment plant polluted the Little Patuxent River last week. The Howard County Health Department issued a precautionary health alert after an estimated 138,888 gallons of sewage overflowed at the Little Patuxent Water Reclamation Plant in Savage on […]