Potomac River, DC Water and Sewage Spill
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The global search for sustainable urban wastewater management solutions has led to the exploration of scaled decentralized systems (SDSs) that reduce environmental impacts and operational costs. Conventional centralized systems in high-density cities are often burdened by high energy consumption and significant greenhouse gas emissions.
After faulty systems allowed polluted wastewater to form algae-coated pools near residential homes and leach into streams in Wilson County, Sen. Mark Pody spent nearly two years drafting legislation
The head of DC Water, whose agency oversees the sewer line that collapsed and spilled more than 240 million gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River last month, previously played a prominent role in the Flint water crisis.
Because leaders across this drought-afflicted region all embraced the same innovative idea a decade ago, three separate sewage recycling systems will soon come online in Oceanside, East County and San Diego. While drought was the main motivator for ...
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‘This isn’t just a City of Richmond problem’: Environmentalists sound alarm on James River after Potomac sewage spill
Richmond environmentalists are calling for changes to city wastewater and sewage systems to protect the James River. This after a leak in January that dumped 250 million gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River,