Ekurhuleni and its water utility face criminal charges Because of sewage and heavy industrial pollution in the Rietvlei River in Ekurhuleni, a water treatment plant for residents in the east of ...

During periods of heavy rainfall, pipes known as storm overflows aim to prevent excess water from overflowing into the sewage system. But this is not always the case. During intense rainfall, combined ...

Wastewater-related indicators such as caffeine, sucralose (an artificial sweetener) and pharmaceutical compounds were ...

An aerial survey by Deputy Water and Sanitation Minister Jack Bloom has laid bare the extensive sewage spills, illegal ...

San Diego County’s first pollution crisis chief, Bridget Premont, will coordinate local, federal and Mexican efforts to address the Tijuana River sewage crisis.

Scientists at the University of Stirling have developed a new method of monitoring the presence of pathogens in rivers polluted by wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). The number of discharges from ...

Tshwane's Rietvlei water treatment plant remains offline until 2027 because industrial and sewage pollution from upstream Ekurhuleni renders the source water untreatable, ...

England’s water companies failed to report more than 50,000 sewage discharges within the legal timeframe in the first half of ...

UK, Environment Secretary Steve Reed has announced immediate changes and a review of environmental law in response to the Independent Water Commission’s 465-page report (the "Cunliffe Report") on the ...