Sentences with phrase «sewage after rain»

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People should not swim in water that contains sewage, which commonly occurs in Onondaga Lake after a rain.

A busted sewer pipe has spewed 4.5 million gallons of raw sewage and rain water into Onondaga Lake after heavy rains the past few days, Onondaga County reported.

The Buffalo Sewer Authority, which treats Cheektowaga's sewage, proposed several options to reduce the flow of untreated sewage into the creek after heavy and moderate rains.

Reilly, Lander, and Heyer all express concerns that neither the mayor's plan nor the federal government's addresses the antiquated infrastructure that allows for combined sewer overflow, which means storm water and raw sewage enter the canal via the same drainage system after even moderate rains.

ALBANY — It will take many years and billions of dollars to fix aging municipal sewer systems that spill sewage into waterways after it rains, state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli warned Thursday.

People need to be aware of what may be entering the water after heavy rains, accidental spills, or after intentional sewage releases.»

Native New Yorkers know not to swim on Coney Island after a rain because of the sewage polluted storm water runoff, but if more people put out plants and grow green roofs, that might change.

In Connecticut, the risk for contracting a stomach illness while swimming significantly increased after a one inch precipitation event, 49 and studies have found associations between diarrheal illness among children and sewage discharge in Milwaukee.50 More frequent heavy rain events could therefore increase the incidence of waterborne disease.