Tag: sewage
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The Death of the Delaware River
A photo circa 1965 showing an outfall pier being built on the Schuylkill River, where it flows into the Delaware River. Prior to the Clean Water Act, little regulation existed to halt industrial pollution and raw sewage from flowing into the nation’s waterways. (PWD archival photo) Joe Newton would fish on the Delaware River every…
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$3 billion problem: Miami-Dade’s septic tanks are already failing due to sea rise
Photo: A Miami-Dade neighborhood that relies on septic tanks experiences flooding during the 2016 King Tide. A new report commissioned by the county shows that half of the county’s septic tanks break down yearly, a problem that sea level rise will worsen. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY Miami-Dade has tens of thousands of septic tanks, and a new…
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$23 million in state grants aim to prevent sewage overflows, protect WNY waters
Downtown is reflected in the water at the small boat harbor on Friday. (Sharon Cantillon/Buffalo News) A Wales forest will grow by a couple hundred acres to protect the Niagara River’s water quality miles downstream. Six miles of Town of Tonawanda sewers will be lined to keep sewage from overflowing into Ellicott Creek and the…
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EPA’s Own Data Refutes Justification for Clean Water Act Rollback
A swine facility in Eastern North Carolina. Photo: Caitlin Penna for The Intercept While Environmental Protection Agency Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler was introducing the new rule that will vastly scale back federal water protections, Matthew Starr was preparing to take water samples from the Neuse River. Starr, one of two official keepers of the North…
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El Paso to drink treated sewage water due to climate change drought
Video: Sanjay Gupta assesses climate change impact 04:20 (CNN) The people of El Paso, Texas, are resilient. Living in the middle of the harsh Chihuahuan Desert, the city has no other choice. On average, 15 days every year spike over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The city gets little relief with annual rainfall of just about 9…
