Rapid densification in the city has placed additional pressure on these pipes, reducing their effectiveness as they become prone to frequent pipe bursts and sewer overflows. The department reports ...

Due to recent frigid temperatures, frozen ground can stymie water absorption during rainfall, leading to a risk of basement flooding and sewer overflows. Combined sewer overflows can lead to the ...

Residents in Duncanville have been alerted to a Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) that has necessitated immediate response actions from local public works crews. According to the City of Duncanville ...

City officials in Des Moines notified the DNR of a sanitary sewer overflow near a Starbucks, located at SE 14th Street and East Diehl Avenue. The Iowa DNR said raw sewage was seen in the Starbucks ...

A sanitary sewer overflow near the Starbucks on SE 14th Street and East Diehl Avenue in Des Moines is being investigated by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. (Photo via Google Maps) The Iowa ...

A combination of stormwater and untreated sewage overflows from the MSD system into the Mill Creek in April 2024. The amount of raw sewage discharged into public waters in Greater Cincinnati was ...

Bio-retention cells or “soakaways” are landscaped areas like rain gardens that collect and filter storm water before releasing it slowly into the ground or drainage systems. Wetlands and rainwater ...

Image: Southern Water boss Lawrence Gosden ... "We're going to see the halving of the activation of combined sewer overflows, which is one of the things that most people are rightly very keen ...

Deputy Energy Transition and Water Transformation Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir said one of the initiatives which could be considered is the implementation of a ‘combined ... tanks in private ...

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Jefferson Avenue will be under construction starting in February as the city adds another pipe to reduce combined sewer overflows into the lake. The main goal for the sewer projects ...

Per Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy guidelines this message is to provide notice of a Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) event south of 924 E. Michigan Ave. at a sewer manhole ...

The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that there are at least 23,000 to 75,000 sanitary sewer overflows in U.S. every year. This number does not include sewage backups into buildings.