BOSTON — As sewage overflows become more frequent in Massachusetts, advocates and lawmakers are pushing to reduce the number of combined sewer systems to avoid run-off sewage polluting bodies of water ...

Ella Rowen, Becca Costello and the Metropolitan Sewer District's Deb Leonard in the Lick Run stormwater drain in Cincinnati in March 2024. Cincinnati has a problem: every year billions of gallons of ...

During extreme rain or rapid snowmelt, the high volume of water that enters sewer systems can cause untreated sewage to flow into waterways in US cities that have combined wastewater and stormwater ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Plans for the City of Richmond’s combined sewer overflow program is moving forward. After being approved by the Virginia Department of Environmental (DEQ) in August 2024, the ...

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 ...

One pipe for the stuff you flush down the toilet, and another for stormwater runoff. That's how modern sewer systems do it. In this two-pipe system, the wastewater from our homes and businesses run ...

Cars in floodwater on the FDR highway in Manhattan, New York. About two months later, 8.65 inches of rain fell on New York City—higher than any September day since Hurricane Donna in 1960. The city’s ...

A project that will prevent raw sewage from backing up onto Centralville streets and into basements and being dumped into the ...

As climate-related flood risk rises, cities are confronting outdated sewer systems that could result in sewage backing up into basements and streets. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to ...

Philadelphia's sewer system releases 15 billion gallons of raw sewage and polluted stormwater into the city's rivers and streams annually, making it hazardous to swim or boat in the water for about ...