New London — It’s a project that falls squarely into the dirty jobs category. The city plans to spend about $3 million to rehab two wastewater facility sludge storage tanks — 60-year-old concrete ...

Hanford workers have started removing radioactive sludge from Tank AY-102. The tank has waste leaking between its double shells. File Associated Press Hanford workers began pumping radioactive sludge ...

Residents in the northwestern part of Astoria have long been forced to endure stenches of varying intensity, thanks to the all-important Bowery Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant. But their long, ...

The Wicomico County Council successfully introduced a bill that could severely limit, if not ban, sludge tanks in the county. Sludge tanks, also known as Dissolved Air Flotation tanks, are used by ...

Growing up in the old mill neighborhood of South Chicago, Marcelina Pedraza said she and her siblings would have loved to have access to Lake Michigan without needing to make a special a trip to ...

The General Assembly is zeroing in on industrial sludge regulations with discussions on a cross-filed bill that would require a permit for its storage and use. The Industrial Sludge Utilization Permit ...

Residents of bustling Walker's Point on Milwaukee's near south side will soon get relief from the acrid smells that permeate the neighborhood. A long-abandoned sludge odor control system at the Jones ...

Early October is a busy time for farmers in the wooded, agricultural countryside between Mardela Springs and Hebron, Maryland. It's harvesting season: The yellow-green soybean fields are replete with ...