PORTLAND, Ore. — When a city the size of Portland gets soaked with rain like it has for the past week, there's a concern that often lurks under the surface of the flooding and slide risks: sewage. The ...

Q: We just bought a new-build home and had it professionally inspected, just to play it safe. One problem in the home inspector's report involves the water heater relief valve. The report said the ...

WASHINGTON — Millions of gallons of raw sewage have been pouring out of a ruptured pipe at a wastewater treatment plant in Accokeek, Maryland, and a complicated repair process to remedy the problem ...

A pipe failure caused the overflow, prompting warnings from Charlotte Water about the importance of proper waste disposal.

Wales' sewage system is too reliant on overflow pipes that take human waste directly to rivers and seas, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has claimed. It says Welsh Water effectively has a ...