sewage
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In January, a collapsed sewer pipe outside Washington, D.C., spilled more than 240 million gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
It is likely the largest sewage spill in U.S. history, but just one of an estimated 75,000 across the country each year, according to the EPA.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The actor, who runs a caravan park on the Isle of Sheppey with daughter Dani Dyer, delivered the petition having previously joined a local sewage protest in Leysdown in September.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Researchers have identified potential alternatives — including seaweed, cassava waste, single-cell proteins produced by fungi and even sewage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
That across rivers of sewage and blood will be a field of yellow flowers blooming.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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