King County has proposed a solution to control overflows from five combined sewer overflow (CSO) outfalls at the mouth of the Duwamish River. The proposed solution to improve water quality in the ...

We reported last month about the King County Wastewater Treatment District's new plans for West Seattle and South Seattle, ...

Combined sewer systems have outfall pipes that allow overloaded ... one in Pawtucketville and one in Downtown Lowell. Without the overflow in a combined system, this toxic effluent would back ...

The overflows prompt beach closings and health advisories ... where all but five of the city’s combined sewer outfalls (CSO) have been completely bricked off and all of the sanitary and storm water ...

Originally, combined sewers were built with overflow points called outfalls, intended to discharge during large storms. State and federal law now requires communities to minimize untreated sewage ...

Mayor Joshua Garcia, interim DPW Director Mary Monahan and Assistant City Engineer Victoria Houle hosted a press conference ...

Results thus far are favorable as the end approaches for a required five-year study designed to gauge the effectiveness of the Altoona Water Authority’s Combined Sewer Overflows, according to a ...

(WRIC) — Plans for the City of Richmond’s combined sewer overflow program is moving forward ... with a drainage area of 19 square miles with 25 outfalls, according to the City.

The Gowanus Canal, a 1.5-mile-long waterway built in the 1800s to support industrial commerce, has a legacy of industrial pollution and contamination from combined sewer overflow outfalls.

The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) is warning the public about a potential health risk stemming from sewage overflow during Wednesday’s storm. A Boston Water and Sewer Outfall in the ...