As we flush our toilets and drain our sinks, few of us consider where our wastewater goes next. Yet, the wastewater treatment industry, a cornerstone of modern sanitation, is facing challenges that ...

This story was originally published by The Allegheny Front, a public radio program covering environmental issues in Western Pennsylvania. On a rainy morning, Mike Frederick showed off the Belle Vernon ...

The proposed expansion of the Juniper Ridge landfill in Old Town and Alton comes as Maine grapples with where to put the PFAS-contaminated sludge that piles up each day at municipal wastewater ...

The city of Salem may soon double the amount of leachate it takes from Coffin Butte Landfill, to about 40 million gallons per year. Leachate is formed when rain percolates through solid waste in a ...

KINGSTON — Federal, state and local government investment in recent years has helped Kingston revitalize its downtown waterfront, which slopes down to Rondout Creek, a tributary of the Hudson River.

A nearly 36-year-old settlement could have barred the Keystone Sanitary Landfill from sending its treated leachate through Throop as part of a new proposal from the landfill, but a subsequent ...

The Keystone Sanitary Landfill wants to build a dedicated sewer line through Throop to send its treated leachate to the Lackawanna River Basin Sewer Authority’s wastewater treatment plant on Boulevard ...

A new report released to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Safe Drinking Water Act claims toxic landfill pollution threatens drinking water in 19 New York communities. Environmentalists say the ...

The city of Salem may double its intake of landfill leachate to 40 million gallons per year. Leachate from Coffin Butte Landfill contains contaminants like heavy metals and PFAS, or "forever chemicals ...