Heavy rains flood cities with raw sewage
Heavy rains overwhelm urban sewers, causing raw sewage to flood rivers and streams, contaminating vital waterways with harmful pollutants and posing serious health risks.
During heavy rain, many cities' sewer systems overflow, dumping untreated human waste directly into rivers and streams. This happens because combined sewers, designed for both wastewater and stormwater, get overwhelmed. This toxic mix of bacteria, viruses, and chemicals pollutes waterways, causing beach closures, killing fish, and spreading diseases like E. coli.
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