A wastewater treatment plant in Macon County will be getting a $500,000 grant for improvements.
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A stream of free flowing wastewater and sewage running through a small trailer park in Dallas County — is raising health concerns for the people who live there. Marvin and Cora Wilson say raw sewage has been flowing through their property like a like a river for about two weeks. “Really wish it could be…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced it has opened a civil rights investigation into whether Alabama discriminated against Black residents when handing out funding for wastewater infrastructure.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it is poised to reject Alabama’s proposal to take over coal ash regulation, saying the state plan does not do enough to protect people and waterways.
From the West Alabama Newsroom– The city of Selma hosted a recycling education event today to kick-off a new recycling program in the city. It was a day of fun in the sun — with an eye on the future — of planet Earth. The Earth Day Recycling Festival was designed to help educate young school children about recycling. And…
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management says more than 400 water and sewer systems have applied for grants funded by pandemic relief money.
