What is a sanitary sewer overflow? Sanitary sewer overflows, SSOs, are a release of untreated or partially treated waste from a city sewer. Sanitary sewer overflows are illegal. But when normal ...
A toilet overflowing into a restaurant dining room and sewage rising through floor drains near a cook line were among the violations that forced the state to temporarily close three South Florida ...
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 ...
No, that's not a joke. Nov. 19 is World Toilet Day — declared by the United Nations in 2001. The goal is to call attention to the 3.4 billion people who live without "safely managed sanitation" and ...
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 ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District has issued a public advisory for Edgewater Beach after a combined sewer overflow discharged sewage and stormwater into Lake Erie early ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — City officials are advising the public to steer clear of Johnson Creek for a few days after a Southeast Portland sewer main overflowed Monday. The spill released about 1,600 gallons, ...