But during storms, the pipes can't handle the volume, triggering Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) that dump raw sewage into rivers and streams to prevent backups into homes and streets.

We know about sewage being released from combined sewer overflows – this programme has been reporting on it for years – but as well as those, there are over 6,000 emergency overflows in ...

The students investigated E. coli levels in the soil at Burnet Woods Park after "a combined sewer overflow event" (CSO) late Wednesday, April 2 and into early Thursday, April 3. During that time ...

As part of Phase III of NHSA’s H6/H7 Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Control Plan, five new stormwater pumps have been installed at ResilienCity Park. The LTCP, mandated by the New Jersey ...

Making the Chicago River a healthy, biodiverse and climate resilient lifeline through the city is the focus of many groups ...

LOWELL — Combined sewer overflows reached a record high in 2024, with 896 million gallons of untreated sewage released along the Merrimack River, about 30% above the average amount in the ...

Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller is again calling on the Michigan Department of the Environment, Great Lakes and Energy to stop sewer discharges from Oakland County following ...

The tank will reduce pollution into the Lackawanna River by 8 million gallons a year, or a 90% decrease, from what’s called combined sewer overflows of wastewater and stormwater that occur ...

The screens protect the tanks from debris that washes off the streets during storms and into sewer inlets in areas of the city where storm and sanitary flows are combined. Excess water is diverted ...