New York’s Flushing and Jamaica Bays are two hotspots for sewer runoff. With multiple tributaries flowing into each body, ...

Macomb County Public Works Commissioner wants state to do more after Oakland released 1.2 million gallons of raw sewage into ...

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has warned the public to avoid the Connecticut River due to a major sewer line break in East Windsor last week.

The treated liquid that permeates through garbage piles at a local landfill is causing quite a controversy Wednesday night. The landfill says it’s all ...

The infrastructure ministry has announced a nationwide survey of aging sewer pipe systems following the recent road collapse in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, that created a massive sinkhole.

A municipal sewer treatment plant is a finely tuned biological system filled with microscopic bugs that “eat” and break down wastewater components. But that system can get overwhelmed when outflow ...