Overflowing Sewers Are Polluting U.S. Waterways

The New York Times takes a look at overflowing sewage systems nationwide, which are pumping untreated feces and industrial waste into U.S. waterways:

In the last three years alone, more than 9,400 of the nation’s 25,000 sewage systems — including those in major cities — have reported violating the law by dumping untreated or partly treated human waste, chemicals and other hazardous materials into rivers and lakes and elsewhere, according to data from state environmental agencies and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Read more at the New York Times website.