PITTSFIELD — An overflowing tank at the city wastewater treatment plant off Holmes Road spilled sludge into the Housatonic River early Tuesday morning. City leaders believe 1,200 gallons of wastewater ...

Two environmental nonprofits and more than two dozen Wicomico County residents filed a lawsuit this week accusing local officials, a private landowner and an Arkansas-based waste company of illegally ...

GUTHRIE, Ky. (WTVF) — An explosion in Guthrie, Kentucky killed one person, and left many more injured. It all started with an environmental waste removal company pumping out sludge from a plant in ...

Young’s Creek at Young’s Park on March 21. The area upstream of the Franklin Wastewater Treatment Plant was not affected by the sludge spill. The city of Franklin was fined $15,600 after 36,000 ...

The Wicomico County Council successfully introduced a bill that could severely limit, if not ban, sludge tanks in the county. Sludge tanks, also known as Dissolved Air Flotation tanks, are used by ...

Harry Locker, laboratory director at the Endyne Inc. lab in Williston, with water samples to be tested for the presence of metals on Jan. 5. Vermont has new rules that require monitoring for toxic ...

Wastewater treatment is a critical process in safeguarding water resources and public health by removing contaminants and suspended solids. At the heart of many treatment plants lies the settling tank ...

What goes down your toilet can end up on farm fields across the United States. Biosolids, or sewage sludge, are the solid byproducts of the wastewater treatment process. Rich in nutrients, they can be ...

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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Navy Closure Task-Force Red Hill will soon begin removing sludge from two of the 14 drained fuel tanks. Sludge is a mix of fuel, water, dirt, and metal found at the ...