Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) Articles

A massive storm washed out roads, bridges and critical underground infrastructure in northern Wisconsin earlier this week.Officials continue to survey the destruction,...

If Bluff City, Tennessee, loses the $300,000 lawsuit filed against it by a family that claims property damage due to sewer overflows,...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Maryland Department of the Environment proposed modification to a 2002...

Educating the public and key stakeholders plays a vital role for any wastewater utility as shared responsibility helps keep a system operating...

Under a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority...

Vandalism at a city lift station project in Waterloo, Iowa, will cost taxpayers close to $44,000.Though the city has a grant from the...

Twelve years ago the City of Virginia Beach got a wake-up call.Its name was Hurricane Isabel.The 2003 storm was the worst in...

Jacksonville is in central Arkansas, just off I-40 about 12 miles northeast of Little Rock. It’s not a heavily industrialized area, and...

Heavy rainfall in 2008 inundated the Coralville, Iowa, area. Six inches of rain fell on already saturated ground over a 48-hour period...

Virginia Beach, Va., has a land area of 249 square miles and a population of 248,000. To serve this growing city, the...

In Tempe, Ariz., people are still talking about the Valley Metro bus that got stuck in a sinkhole. And now, city officials...

On Sept. 9, the Ohio Supreme Court will hear arguments in a four-year battle over stormwater fees and the management of a...

Water and wastewater utilities across the country are coming up with new ways to save money while still completing large projects. This...

On Monday, July 28, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a Clean Water Act settlement requiring the East Bay Municipal Utility...