Urban sewer systems are critical to maintaining public health and environmental quality, yet they face considerable challenges due to the infiltration of groundwater and the inflow of extraneous water ...

Exactly where you live on Long Island may directly affect the impact you have on the environment. The region has long been a disorganized mishmash of cesspools, septic tanks and sewage systems with ...

The city of Madelia, Minn., has been pumping raw sewage down closed streets and into the Watonwan River for the past several days as record floods have overwhelmed its wastewater treatment system. The ...