When most people flush the toilet, they don’t linger to think about where it all goes. Behind the scenes, the people running wastewater treatment plants work tirelessly on one of the most important ...

A wastewater treatment site in Devon has seen a dramatic drop in storm overflow spills after the installation of new storage facilities. Yeoford Wastewater Treatment Works, near Crediton, recorded 123 ...

Multi-million-pound projects to cut storm overflows have been arranged by Southern Water. The projects will focus on preventing surface water entering the combined sewer system and will focus on ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District has a plan to permanently prevent raw sewage from discharging onto Cleveland’s popular Edgewater Beach. The proposal involves a new ...

People in the 21st century expect sewage systems to work. They expect them to carry waste away and break down that waste safely. They expect not to have to think about that. But what if that isn’t ...

A section of an overflow tunnel being installed in Hartford's South Meadows to store sewage and wastewater during storms to prevent the mixture from being released into the Connecticut River. The four ...

Whether you refuse to accept them, or understand they are a part of city life on the Great Lakes, sewer overflows are a hot button topic. But what — or who — decides whether and when they happen? It's ...

The historic 1,000-year flood that dropped upwards of 10 inches of rain in some areas led to the largest combined sewer overflow since the Deep Tunnel went fully into operation in the early 1990s. The ...

A stinky situation in Massachusetts is starting to irritate the senses of politicians in Hartford. In recent months, Connecticut lawmakers have pointed fingers at their northern neighbor — and each ...