Tag: wastewater treatment plants
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‘Acute Problems’ Plaguing Big Island’s Wastewater Treatment Systems Prompt EPA Crackdown
Birds make a home in the lagoon system where wastewater is treated in Kealakehe. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024) A newly signed consent order will force county officials to make multimillion-dollar upgrades to treatment plants and take steps to eliminate large cesspools The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Hawaii County have reached an agreement intended to correct…
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Nearly two-thirds believe water company bosses should face prison over serious incidents of pollution
Exclusive YouGov Poll Most people believe that jail sentences are a fitting punishment for water bosses when their companies are responsible for major pollution spills in our rivers, waterways and shores. The strength of public feeling is revealed by an exclusive YouGov poll commissioned by Good Law Project. The polling of 2,112 people across Great…
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Study finds pharmaceuticals, other chemicals in remote Minnesota lakes
Photo: A remote lake in Cook County, Minn. A three-year study by the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa found pharmaceuticals and other chemicals in 28 lakes in northeastern Minnesota, including some with little or no human development. Courtesy Grand Portage Band of Lake…
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Water Industry Warned That Covid-19 Could Be Here For Years
A warning has been issued to the water industry by the founder and chairman of tech and innovation consultancy Isle Utilities that Covid-19 could potentially be around for two to three years until a vaccine has been found and more than three billion people vaccinated. Speaking at British Water’s Better Together video conference at the…
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Flint Water Crisis Worsens, City Spills 2 Million Gallons of Sewage Into Flint River
The Flint River is shown in downtown Flint April 20, 2016 in Flint, Michigan. Photo: Bill Pugliano (Getty Images) As if residents of Flint, Mich., haven’t endured enough when it comes to the city’s water supply, they now have millions of gallons of raw sewage to contend with. From MLive: The city dumped an estimated…
