Sewage articles
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2 sanitation workers die while cleaning sewage shaft at Noida house
Noida, May 4 (PTI) Two sanitation workers from West Bengal died allegedly after inhaling poisonous gases inside a sewage shaft at a house in Noida, police said on Saturday. The incident took place Friday evening when Nooni Mandal and Tapan Mandal were working at one Sumit Chawla's house in Sector 26. Both workers hailed from Malda district in West Bengal and lived in a slum in Sector 9, according to police. 'A person in Sector 26 had hired two persons for cleaning of the septic tank...
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Sewage Water Research Centre scientist bangs the clean water drum
SWINDON, UK – Andrew Drinkwater, Principal Engineer of sewerage, pollution, and flooding at The Water Research Centre in Swindon, may not have become the rock drummer he once dreamed of, but he’s certainly making waves in the sexy world of water management. In an exclusive interview with the SUFFOLK GAZETTE, Drinkwater revealed how his childhood […]
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EPA suit alleges San Francisco discharges sewage into bay and onto beaches
The federal government and the state of California sued the city of San Francisco on Wednesday over the city’s aging combined stormwater-sewer systems, which they allege can release raw sewage into the bay and onto beaches when overwhelmed during heavy rain, as first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle. (SFGATE and the San Francisco Chronicle are both owned by Hearst but have separate newsrooms.) Federal officials said the sewage threatens aquatic life and also puts swimmers, surfers and...