U.S. and Mexico Sign Deal to Stop Sewage Release Into Tijuana River

The agreement addresses a longstanding problem that has sickened people in both countries.

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Why the New York Subway System Keeps Flooding

The century-old system faces infrastructure and climate challenges that are making its water problem worse.

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The River Seine Reopens for Public Swimming, After a Century

First, France cleaned the polluted river so that Olympians could swim there. Now, a year later, it is opening three sites for locals to plunge in.

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Florida Approves Plan to Help Billionaires Export Their Sewage

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill to help Indian Creek Village, home to the likes of Jeff Bezos and Jared Kushner, avoid paying a neighboring town millions to allow transport of its sewage under its streets.

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50 Million Gallons of Sewage Flow Daily From Mexico Into California Beaches

Large amounts of untreated sewage flow daily from Mexico into Imperial Beach, Calif. That has closed beaches and sickened residents.

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1 Dead After Explosion on Barge Near Manhattan Sewage Plant

The victim, who worked at the plant, was transporting raw sewage on the boat when part of it exploded on Saturday, the Fire Department said. The cause is under investigation.

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Want to Try Driving a City Bus, Hauling Trash or Building a Skyscraper?

A new exhibit at the New York Hall of Science celebrates cities by letting visitors get hands-on with urban infrastructure.

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South Carolina Says PFAS-Contaminated Farmland Should Be Superfund Site

Yes, says South Carolina. For years a textile mill gave farmers its sewage sludge as free fertilizer. Today the land is full of “forever chemicals.”

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A Sewage-Fertilizer Giant Leaves Town Amid a Contamination Crisis

Ranchers in Texas claim livestock was sickened by ‘forever chemicals’ in fertilizer made from sewage sludge. Now Synagro, a Goldman Sachs-backed firm, has lost a deal to manufacture there.

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Texas County Declares an Emergency Over Toxic Fertilizer

Johnson County is seeking federal assistance, saying its farmland has become dangerously contaminated with “forever chemicals” from the use of fertilizer made from sewage sludge.

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