More than a dozen Illinois power plants store toxic coal ash in sludge ponds similar to the one that burst and spread contaminated muck over 300 acres of eastern Tennessee last month, according to a ...

Amid the bogs and forests of northern Alberta, in the heart of the Canadian oilpatch, lie some of the largest waste dumps of the global energy business. These waste pools — known as tailings ponds — ...

Months after the Machado Wastewater Treatment Facility received approval for a $54 million expansion, the San Miguel Community Services District (CSD) is preparing to clean up more than 20 years of ...

For months people in a Hollister neighborhood along South Street have been complaining about an 'unbearable' odor coming from sludge ponds located steps away from their homes. The smell is from tomato ...

Carterton District Council will trial a greener approach when it comes to disposing of sludge from its wastewater ponds. At a Policy and Projects committee meeting on Wednesday, councillors endorsed a ...