The Seneca Nation of western New York is considering legal action against a municipal government after its city’s wastewater treatment plant overflowed into the Nation’s waterways for the second time this year, according to a memo from the Tribe. Last week, the tribe reported that approximately 200,000 gallons of untreated sewage from the City of […]
The Corpus Christi Fire Department was donning hazardous materials gear and wetsuits to retrieve human remains from a deep well near the intersection of Holly and Lexington roads Monday night. Police said they received a call Monday afternoon in reference to human remains found at the wastewater collection point. Human remains were found by a […]
Update as of noon Sunday: The city is no longer asking residents to conserv water usage. “Thank you for your willingness to do your part and help our wastewater collection and treatment systems,” the city posted on its Facebook page. “The City’s wastewater collection and treatment systems remain strained, but they are slowly catching up […]
Jun. 23—TRAVERSE CITY — Aging parts of the Traverse City Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant are due for an overhaul, and city leaders just passed what city Municipal Utilities Director Art Krueger called a “fork in the road” in planning for that project. This week, Traverse City commissioners chose one of two sets of alternatives evaluated […]
Called highly pathogenic avian influenza, the H5N1 bird flu virus making headlines in Michigan and across the U.S. got its name because it is so well adapted to infecting and killing birds. H5N1 has been circulating in the U.S. since January 2022 and globally since 2021. What has scientists and researchers worried, however, is that […]
An unknown amount of untreated wastewater was released in Dover on Wednesday morning after a sewer pipe broke near Carroll’s Plaza. Carroll’s Plaza is located at 1114 S. Dupont Highway (Route 13), which is about half a mile from the St. Jones River. The exact location of the break was not provided in Kent County […]
A startling discovery for a work crew at the wastewater treatment plant in Brockton on Friday. Police say they were called to the site on Oak Bill Way by workers who found a man’s body in the water at the plant. “Preliminarily, it appears that the body had been in the water for several days,” […]
May 18—1/1 Swipe or click to see more CRAIG T. KOJIMA / 2021 The state Health Department sent an advisory today warning the public to stay out of waters at Kuapa Pond — known to many as Hawaii Kai Marina — due to a wastewater discharge. The state Health Department sent an advisory today warning […]
(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday released data on influenza A found in wastewater in a public dashboard that could assist in tracking the outbreak of H5N1 bird flu that has infected cattle herds. Last week, an agency official told Reuters about U.S plans to make public data […]
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Water and wastewater rates are going up in Santa Teresa and Sunland Park. The board of directors for the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority voted at its regular meeting on Monday, May 13 to raise rates. The last time the utility raised rates was in 2019, it said in a […]
May 11—The city of Española’s wastewater treatment plant was recognized 25 years ago as the most well-maintained in the state. Now, the nearly 40-year-old facility is in hot water, with federal officials saying deficient equipment and practices have led to the plant sending tainted effluent into the Rio Grande. The city says it is working […]
May 11—1/3 Swipe or click to see more CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM. The new clarifier at the remodeled plant. 2/3 Swipe or click to see more CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM. The tour included the new aeration basin. 3/3 Swipe or click to see more CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM. Mayor Rick Blangiardi, center, […]