The event is called a combined sewer overflow (CSO), and officials issues warnings afterwards to avoid affected water bodies for 48 hours because of pollutants and bacteria. “In 2023 ...

I mean, I know we need to fix our sewer problems ... take until 2095 — a whopping 70 years — to deal with the combined sewage overflows, I am left just this side of apoplectic.

They can become tangled around equipment or get combined with grease and other refuse items to form "fatbergs" - congealed masses that clog sewer lines and cause backups and overflows.

When a significant amount of rain falls, the sewers overflow and sewage leaks into the river, an event known as a combined sewer overflow. Between July 1 and Aug. 1, combined sewer overflows ...

Portions of Pine Avenue will be closed starting Thursday, May 22, for construction on the Combined Sewer Separation Project. Drivers should plan to take alternate routes or plan for delays.

NOGALES, Ariz. - A Mexican sewer overflow into the Tricky Wash has been contained, city officials said Friday. They also said temporary repairs were being done on a break in a 24-inch sewer line ...

A west coast loch formerly home to US nuclear submarines has now become a dumping ground – for raw sewage. Data has revealed dozens of cases of potentially illegal discharges of sewage into the ...

“Sewer overflows can cause significant health and environmental problems in communities, which is why today’s settlement with Guam Water Authority is so essential,” David M ...

Linderoth said that the westernmost region of the Sound has both the highest population density and combined sewer overflows, leading to poorer water quality. CSO’s allow for untreated sewage to ...

said he normally oversees over 70 pump stations and eight combined sewer overflows between Ancaster and Puslinch, Ont. Shields was part of a picket line around city hall on Tuesday morning.