A combination of stormwater and untreated sewage overflows from the MSD system into the Mill Creek in April 2024. The amount of raw sewage discharged into public waters in Greater Cincinnati was ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Due to large amounts of rain, the city of Peoria has issued a Combined Sewer Overflow Alert for Saturday. When Peoria gets too much rainfall, the sewers overflow, and instead of ...

The estimated combined sewage overflow from the storms on Aug. 9-10 topped 5 billion gallons, the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) reported on Friday, Aug. 15. The overflow went for an ...

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 ...

In 2024, the combined sewer overflows from the five major wastewater treatment plants along the Merrimack River totaled almost 900 million gallons. That volume was a major reduction from the whopping ...

Recent flash flooding in the Milwaukee area forced the Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) to initiate a "combined sewer overflow." This helps prevent sewage from backing up into homes and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Heavy rains over the weekend caused a rare combined sewer overflow (CSO) into the Willamette River as the Big Pipe system reached capacity around 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 23.

The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District is urging Milwaukee-area residents to cut water use ahead of the precipitation moving into the area Tuesday night. To avoid a combined sewer overflow, the ...

ELKHART, IN (WSBT) — The City of Elkhart had a major announcement on Tuesday afternoon. The city touted the biggest single infrastructure investment in its history — a 1.7-million-gallon combined ...

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 ...