When debris balls, dubbed “fatbergs” by the media, washed up on Sydney beaches, attention was drawn to the mechanics of ...

Nearly a month after a wastewater spill into the Potomac River began, recovery efforts are ongoing. The spillage, which resulted from a section of the Potomac Interceptor sewer line collapsing last ...

Wilmington firefighters encountered heavy fire and smoke at the city’s wastewater treatment plant early in the morning of Feb. 17. The structure fire involved an industrial dryer and related equipment ...

WILMINGTON, Del. (WPVI) -- Dozens of firefighters battled flames at the Wilmington wastewater treatment plant early Tuesday. The fire was first reported around 4:30 a.m. First responders arrived to ...

A D.C. utility had been working for weeks to repair a collapsed sewer line when the president blamed Maryland’s governor for the contamination on Monday. By Scott Dance Maxine Joselow and Eric Niiler ...

Though it lies only minutes from Interstate 35, Michelle Quant’s property off FM 1187 near Burleson seems a world away from the city and its crowds. Down the hill from the plantation-style home, pecan ...

A wastewater spill into the Potomac River that began last month now appears to be one of the largest in American history. DC Water, a local water utility, said in a press release last week that part ...

A sewage spill that began on Jan. 19 in the Potomac River has become one of the largest, if not the largest, reported wastewater spills in U.S. history. On Jan. 19, a section of the Potomac ...

D.C. Water CEO David Gaddis resolved to do everything possible to reclaim the Potomac River after last month’s disastrous sewer pipe break, he said in an open letter to the community Wednesday. The ...

This story is published in partnership with DeSmog, the climate investigations site. A cache of government documents dating back nearly a century casts serious doubt on the safety of the oil and gas ...

Feb. 11 (UPI) --Australia's Sydney Water confirmed there is a massive fatberg estimated to be "the size of four buses" in a difficult-to-reach position under a wastewater plant. The supersized fatberg ...