PEARL CITY (HawaiiNewsNow) – The Board of Water Supply is making repairs to a 12-inch water main break in the Waiau area of Pearl City on Wednesday morning. It happened around 5:15 a.m. on Kamahao Street near Waiau Elementary School. Officials said a vehicle got stuck in a sinkhole that was created by the break,… >> Read More
Approximately 17 million gallons of untreated sewage discharged into the ocean on Sunday night, prompting the closure of beaches between El Segundo and the Dockweiler RV Park, Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn said Monday. » Read More
To grow up in the American West in the 20th century was to swing between inferiority and hubris. Our history books taught us that all great and elevated events happened back east. We should go there someday and study the monuments. At the same time, there was a sense — an understanding, as it turned… >> Read More
I don’t think anyone would claim Texas’ beaches are the best in the world, but turns out they might contain something grosser than some crusty seaweed and dead jellyfish. According to an annual report from Environment Texas Research and Policy Center, 55 out of 61 Texas beaches tested in 2020 exceeded a federal safety threshold… >> Read More
LOWELL – More good news may be on the way for Greater Lowell and other Merrimack Valley towns impacted by combined sewer overflows and other water and wastewater infrastructure challenges. Key provisions from U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan’s Stop Sewage Overflows Act — bipartisan legislation she introduced earlier this year in collaboration with Illinois Republican U.S…. >> Read More