wastewater

The Biden administration proposed new rules that would impose stricter limits on the wastewater produced by coal-fired power plants, although companies could opt out by choosing to shut down their coal operations, the Environmental…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday the state was stepping up its polio-fighting efforts as the virus that causes the life-threatening disease was detected in the wastewater of yet another county in the New York…

NASSAU COUNTY, Long Island (WABC) -- Nassau is the latest county in the state to detect polio in the wastewater -- indicating community spread.Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state disaster emergency amid "evidence of circulating polio."The…

Polio outbreaks incited regular panics decades ago, until a vaccine was developed and the disease was largely eradicated. Then on Friday, New York City health authorities announced that they had found the virus in wastewater samples,…

NEW YORK (AP) — The virus that causes polio has been found in New York City’s wastewater in another sign that the disease, which hadn’t been seen in the U.S. in a decade, is quietly spreading among unvaccinated people, health officials…

WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (Reuters) - The polio virus was present in wastewater in a New York City suburb a month before health officials there announced a confirmed case of the disease last month, state health officials said on Monday, urging…

Surveys of coronavirus levels in Bay Area wastewater suggest that the region’s relentless spring COVID surge probably rivals the winter omicron wave in terms of the number of people currently infected — in fact, this surge may be the…

By Crawford County Now Staff February 10, 2022 5:04 pm COLUMBUS—Communities in Northwest Ohio are receiving more than $15 million in low-interest rate and principal forgiveness…

CLEVELAND — The Ohio Coronavirus Wastewater Monitoring Network is made up of the Ohio Department of Health, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Ohio Water Resources Center at the…

SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — As last week’s winter storms continued damaging water systems statewide, a generator failure in San Marcos caused 1 million gallons of wastewater to dump into the San Marcos River on Thursday, Feb. 18.…