In booming Central Texas, wastewater is polluting rivers and streams

In Booming Central Texas, Wastewater Is Polluting Rivers and Streams

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared at Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment. It is republished with permission. Sign up for their newsletter here. Margo Denke set out to rally the town when she learned that a Christian youth camp planned to build a wastewater treatment plant and discharge its effluent into the pristine Hill Country creek that ran through her …

Texas Legislator Wants To Root Around In The Sewage Looking For Birth Control Hormones

Photo by Scott Eckersley on UnsplashTexas Republican legislator Bryan Hughes may have the worst record on environmental issues in the state senate, but he’s willing to put that hard-won reputation at risk if it gives him a new way to force women to have babies they don’t want. Hughes is not a man who could be accused of minding his own damn business. He famously authored the Texas bill that allowed any random citizen who found out about someone …

In booming Central Texas, wastewater is polluting rivers and streams

A bill in the Legislature would protect the last 21 pristine watersheds in Texas. But for years, previous attempts have been defeated by powerful homebuilders.

In Booming Central Texas, Wastewater Is Polluting Rivers and Streams - Inside Climate News

A bill in the Texas Legislature would protect the last 21 pristine watersheds. But for years, previous attempts have been defeated by powerful homebuilders.

On the Beylikduzu coast of Istanbul, the waste water line belonging to İSKİ made residents rebel with environmental pollution and bad smell! While wastewater flowing into the sea in the Coast Quarter leads to health risks and allergic reactions, beaches and businesses in the area continue to operate despite the hazardous area warning mentioned in ISKI's 2021 report. Citizens are demanding an immediate solution from the authorities. Here are the …

Oil patch confronts its huge wastewater problem

MARTIN COUNTY, Texas—Two dozen cone-shaped, floating evaporators hum on a huge saltwater pond in the middle of the biggest oil field in the U.S.