sewage

A sanitary sewer infrastructure project in the City of Montgomery is entering its first phase. The effort serves the Old Selma Road, Madison Park and Hunter Station areas. Leaders in the area say the project is critical and marks a significant investment in the health, safety and the potential for growth.

The Alabama Department of Public Health is announcing the implementation of a contract for the installation of septic systems for Lowndes County residents. This comes one year after a federal environmental justice probe found the state neglected the risks of raw sewage for residents.

The Alabama Department of Public Health is reminding residents of Lowndes County to complete an Environmental Health Assessment. The evaluations will help the department identify which households need septic tank installations.

The Alabama Department of Public Health created a legal agreement with the U.S. to take immediate action on raw sewage exposure issues in Lowndes County last month. ADPH recently announced the details of its moratorium in a press release.

The U.S. Department of Justice says an environmental justice probe found Alabama engaged in a pattern of inaction and neglect regarding the risks of raw sewage for residents in an impoverished county.

Environmental and legal advocacy organizations have filed a civil rights complaint against Alabama. They accuse the state of discriminating against minority communities in how it distributes funding for wastewater infrastructure. The complaint filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency maintains that Alabama policies for distributing money from a revolving fund have left behind poor households.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — How much untreated sewage gets dumped in Alabama's Black Belt?That's the question a team of students and professors at the…

Former Vice President Al Gore and the Rev. William Barber II, co-chair of the national Poor People's Campaign, held a town hall in Alabama Thursday to…

Several water protection organizations have released an interactive map of the sewage spills that occurred in Alabama last year.According to the map, over…

A group of environmental advocates in north Alabama have announced their intent to sue utilities boards in Muscle Shoals and Tuscumbia over violations of…