sewage
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Breed technically finished her journey from Oregon to Mexico in private three miles offshore to avoid the sewage and pollution crisis from the Tijuana River.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Much now depends on the government's enthusiasm for following through on promise made then Environment secretary Steve Reed in March 2025 to stop all sewage going into Windermere.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
"If there's no sewage, in three days there'll be an epidemiological catastrophe," said Gorkutsenko.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
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
I closed the door behind me, breathing through my mouth to keep out the stench of raw sewage wafting from the toilet’s open hole.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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