sewage
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Water UK said that "no sewage spill is ever acceptable", while Southern Water said it was committed to reducing storm overflows.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Wastewater treatment plants in the U.S. and Mexico filter some of the contaminants, but those facilities have failed over the past decade and released hundreds of millions of gallons of raw sewage into the river.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The project also includes a parking lot expansion, an expanded private sewage treatment plant and stormwater runoff mitigation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
"The common area smelt of sewage, there was water dripping through the ceiling and there were public toilets out of action for the whole voyage," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
I knew he was wrong, of course, that all of it mattered, that we were actively swimming in the sewage that was high school and it wouldn’t do us any good to pretend otherwise.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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