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Reporter's notes: Sewage Happens
photo courtesy of the San Francisco Public Utilities CommissionWe’d had "aging infrastructure" on our story lists for some time when we first heard about the sewage spills in Mill Valley. When news...
View ArticleWastewater Woes: Sewage Spills in SF Bay
What happens when you flush the toilet? For most of us, what's out of sight is out of mind. But large numbers of sewage spills into San Francisco Bay are forcing cities, water agencies and the public...
View ArticleQUEST Quiz: Sewage
If you live in Oakland, how long does it take for sewage to flow from your house, through the EBMUD plant and into the bay? Tags: bay, contamination, Health, kqed, osmosis, pbs, QUEST, sewage,...
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Prescription Drug Disposal: Who Should Foot the Bill?
Credit:{link url= Last week, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance requiring pharmaceutical companies to pay for prescription drug take-back programs in the county. The...
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Outsourcing Your Compost: Soil Without The Stink
Thursday is trash/recycling day at my house. That means whatever is cleaned up in the kitchen after dinner goes right into the garbage and then out to the trash bin at the curb. "American families...
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Recycling Dirt: A New Niche in the Fracking Industry
A backhoe loads remediated dirt that will be trucked off and used as ground cover for the old landfill (photo by Michelle Kanu). Fracking for natural gas has been vilified for the millions of gallons...
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