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2 Bodies Found After Tenn. Sewage Plant Gives Way

GATLINBURG, Tenn. -- Crews on Tuesday recovered the bodies of two workers from the rubble of a wastewater-treatment plant wall that collapsed earlier in the day, while officials continued to investigate what caused the breach that released sewage into a rain-swollen river at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The...

John Lennon's Loo Goes for More Than Expected at Auction

(Aug. 30) -- All you need is love. But let's forget about what you need and talk about what you want -- and if that included something very intimate once belonging to John Lennon, his toilet seat made someone very happy over the weekend. John's john was one of many items up for grabs on Saturday during the 33rd annual...

Sanitation Efforts Target Sea of Sewage in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Aug. 24) -- Amy Ross navigates the filthy, feces-strewn backstreets here in flip-flops and a miniskirt, bobbing along quite happily, giving the distinct impression that she's either been in this city too long or not long enough. Ross is a program manager for Sustainable Organic Integrated...

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Beijing Toilets Now Have A Two-Fly Limit (VIDEO)

Beijing, China, is truly a repressive place -- for flies anyway.

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South Pasadena Sewage Spill: 5,500 Gallons Of Raw Sewage Ends Up In Long Beach, Beaches Close

It was a brown, lumpy river that must have reaked to high heavens.

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High-Tech Toilet Takes Urine Sample, Provides Health Report

The GP or General Practitioner Toilet, designed by Lucy Jung, does much more than flush away your waste.

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06/04/12 Statesville City Council to weigh options on... Source: Statesville Record & Landmark - Statesville NC At its regular meeting tonight, the Statesville City Council is likely to approve the spending more than $280,000 for design work on the expansion and other improvements at the city's Third Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant.
06/04/12 Vandals damage facilities at Cassidy park | Local... Source: The Daily News - Bogalusa LA Just the day after Mayor Charles Mizell was moved to offer a $5,000 reward for copper thieves who did damage at the Industrial Park, a local businessman found his own reason to put up some money in hopes of catching a criminal or criminals who destroyed city property, this time at Cassidy Park. Plumber Roy Scroggs was on-site before 8 a.m.
06/04/12 Escambia Set To Repeal Certain Septic Tank Inspection... Source: NorthEscambia.com - McDavid FL Escambia County is set to repeal a portion of the county's rules concerning the inspection of septic tanks.
06/04/12 Coalhurst to undertake $6.6M wastewater treatment... Source: Lethbridge Herald Residents of Coalhurst are being asked to support debenture borrowing by their town to the tune of just over $2 million on a wastewater project budgeted to cost just over $6.6 million.
06/03/12 Waterfest lessons to stretch 'from first brush to last... Source: Lincoln Journal Star - Lincoln NE The city's fourth Waterfest, set for 5-8 p.m.

Background on sewerage

Sewerage refers to the infrastructure that conveys sewage. It encompasses components such as receiving drains, manholes, pumping stations, storm overflows, and screening chambers of the sanitary sewer.

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