wastewater treatment

Florida Gov_ Ron DeSantis says crews are working to prevent the collapse of a large wastewater pond to avoid a “catastrophic flood.”

Wastewater employees respond to a child’s letter looking for his missing Lego. Garvin Thomas reports.

A buildup of debris in a manhole in Fort Worth caused an overflow at the Trinity River Authority Denton Creek Regional Wastewater System.

Alki Beach in West Seattle and other Puget Sound beaches are closed after millions of gallons of sewage flowed into the water. The Washington state Department of Ecology says early Friday the West Point Wastewater Treatment Plant released an estimated 3 million gallons of untreated sewage over about 27 minutes, after backup pumping systems failed during power disruptions.

The Town of Little Elm is telling residents along Eldorado Parkway if they’ve noticed a stench in the air near the wastewater treatment plant, they’re not imagining it.

A reader asked The Dallas Morning News’ Curious Texas project, “where does our poop and pee go?”

Local governments have submitted well over 100 “notices of pollution” to the state Department of Environmental Protection since Hurricane Irma struck, some involving multiple spills and releases of millions of gallons of wastewater in various stages of treatment.

Experts blame equipment failure for the release of about 135,000 gallons of wastewater sludge into Galveston Bay.

If you’ve ever wanted to own your own town – now’s your chance. Mustang, about 55 miles south of Dallas in Navarro County, is up for sale. The price tag: $4 million for 76 acres.

Harvey’s filthy floodwaters pose significant dangers to human safety and the environment even after water levels drop far enough that Southeast Texas residents no longer fear for their lives, according to experts.

As Tropical Storm Harvey bears down on the Texas Gulf Coast, FEMA is sending supplies from its warehouse in Fort Worth to a staging point at Randolph Air Force Base near San Antonio.

A second North Texas municipal worker has died after being exposed to poisonous gas while not wearing protective gear for breathing.

A glass of drinking water hasn’t been easy to come by lately for the 320,000 people in Corpus Christi.

Sandbranch, a small community located outside of Dallas, doesn’t have running water.

The Galveston City Council has approved spending more than $38 million in funds provided by the government for nine projects as part of continuing Hurricane Ike recovery efforts amid concerns whether the money was fairly allocated.

A proposal to study the possibility of a statewide network that would pump water across vast Texas should be sidetracked until more immediate attempts at water conservation are examined, a top official in Texas’ largest environmental group says.

If proper safeguards are maintained, hydraulic fracturing to drill for oil and natural gas has not caused widespread harm to drinking water in the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday.

The Denton City Council heard public comments regarding the state legislature’s move to prevent local fracking bans such as the one Denton voters approved last year.