Plum Island is no stranger to water leaks when the tides are high and the rain is deep, but the impacts of Tropical Storm Debby have led to sewage spillovers into marshes and creeks. The Plum Island ...

A bad smell from the wastewater treatment plant in Sanford has residents frustrated and a fix is still weeks away.

Where it goes when you flush in Columbus If you flush your toilet in Columbus or any neighboring community, your waste likely goes to the Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant. Here's what happens at ...

A relatively minor but ill-timed sewage spill resulted in some embarrassing headlines for Galveston over the long holiday weekend. "All observable overflow was contained and cleaned up by Monday at 1 ...

The City of Galveston is recommending that no one get in the canal for now as it continues to monitor the situation.

If your favorite local beach is closed due to poop, you may have to get used to it. According to Environment America, last ...

STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. (ABC7) — Wastewater treatment plants in Virginia, Maryland and D.C. are using the human waste that flows into their facilities to learn more about COVID-19. That's according to a ...

Until 1992, ocean dumping was permitted in the Atlantic Ocean. According to Kate Ascher, author of The Works, New York City took its sewage (initially in raw form, later post-processing) to the ...

The tech giant just made a deal with Vaulted Deep, a startup that injects organic waste deep underground to store CO2.