Sewage treatment

Under proposal Baton Rouge will also complete additional sewer system enhancements(DALLAS – Jan. 19, 2012) The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) today proposed that Baton Rouge be given additional time to upgrade its sewage treatment plants. As part of the proposal, Baton Rouge wastewater treatment plants will undertake additional projects to further reduce sanitary sewer overflows and ensure Clean Water Act compliance.  Baton Rouge has been upgrading its North and South treatment plants under a consent decree entered by the court in March 2002. Today’s proposal would extend the deadline from Jan. 1, 2015 to Jan. 1, 2018, and include implementation of a supervisory control and data acquisition system and installation of emergency generators at over 400 pump stations used in the sewage collection system.  The proposed consent decree modification will be lodged … [Read more...] about DOJ and EPA propose more time to complete Baton Rouge Sewage Treatment Plant upgrades

A Georgia judge has sentenced an Augusta personal injury lawyer to 100 hours of community service at a sewage treatment plant for his conduct with an 18-year-old babysitter.Trial lawyer Joseph Neal Jr. was originally accused of sexual assault, the Augusta Chronicle reports. A misdemeanor plea deal was reached last week after the babysitter testified in what prosecutors acknowledged was a “he said, she said” case. In opening statements, Assistant District Attorney Geoffrey Fogus had claimed Neal plied the babysitter with wine and pot before the assault; defense lawyer Tom Withers portrayed the babysitter as the instigator, the Augusta Chronicle reported in a separate story.After a morning of testimony, Neal pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana, furnishing alcohol to a minor and disorderly conduct, the August Chronicle says. The disorderly conduct charge stemmed from text messages he sent to the babysitter in which he described himself as a “sex god” and … [Read more...] about Lawyer Sentenced to Work in Sewage Treatment Plant; Prosecutors Cited ‘Sex God’ Text to Babysitter

In the early 1960s, sewage being dumped by Tijuana was polluting the beaches and waters off Imperial Beach.At the time, the remedy — of sorts — was to put chlorine in the wastewater before it was sent into the international outfall. Sometimes Mexican officials balked at spending tens of thousands of dollars to do that.Dr. J. B. Askew, San Diego County’s health officer at the time, said he couldn’t stop people from flushing their toilets in Mexico, but he could declare a public health problem and keep San Diegans away from — or crossing — the border.That threat got people’s attention.Not wanting to lose their American customers, proprietors of bars, restaurants and other businesses along Avenida Revolución helped raised money to get the chlorine.Brian Bilbray tells that story and suggests there should be a modern-day version aimed at getting Mexico to take stronger action to stop the sewage flows that continue to pollute the Tijuana River … [Read more...] about Tijuana sewage spills: generations of frustration

Jeff Martin and Jay Reeves, Associated Press Updated 11:21 am, Wednesday, April 18, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-4', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 4', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Jay Reeves, AP Image 1of/4 CaptionClose Image 1 of 4 This April 12, 2018 photo shows containers that were loaded with tons of sewage sludge in Parrish, Ala. More than two months after the so-called "Poop Train" rolled in from New York City, Hall says her small town smells like rotting corpses. Some say the trainloads of New Yorkers' excrement is turning Alabama into a dumping ground for other states' waste. less This April 12, 2018 photo shows containers that were loaded with tons of sewage sludge in Parrish, Ala. More than two months after the so-called "Poop … [Read more...] about ‘Poop Train’ full of NYC sewage raises stink in Alabama town

Regional leaders representing both the United States and Mexico will gather in Imperial Beach Friday for a rare discussion between the two countries about a flow of sewage crossing the border in the South Bay. Elected leaders and non-government representatives from both countries hope the meeting at the Dempsey Holder Safety Center Friday afternoon will begin a dialogue as to how to solve the sewage seepage.  San Diego-area residents have complained for years that their health and wellbeing is being affected by pollution to the Tijuana River Estuary. Polluted runoff likely comes from a Tijuana sewage treatment plant in need of upgrades that would likely cost upwards of $370 million, a study by Mexican officials found.  The Tijuana River Estuary and shorelines from Imperial Beach to Coronado are often closed to the public after spills on the Mexican side of the border cross into the United States via the Tijuana River, especially following heavy rainfall.  … [Read more...] about US, Mexico Leaders to Address Tijuana Sewage Spills Affecting South Bay