The solution to pollution from industrial livestock farms is not to ban them or even to restrict their size. It’s to regulate ...

Seattle and King County Public Health Department advise you to flush your toilet if you find a rat in it! Here's how they got in there!

Rats can survive for 3 minutes underwater and can swim through toilet traps. They are attracted to homes by smells. Climbing up vertical pipes is not a problem for them. If you find a rat in your ...

This PSA had social media clogged with one-liners. A whacky government cartoon warned Seattle residents how to deal with rats that might climb up from flooded sewers into toilets – but social media ...

Portland’s Big Pipe hit 100% capacity Thursday after heavy rains, triggering a combined sewer overflow advisory that remains in effect for the Willamette River. The overflow began about 4:20 p.m.

SEATTLE, Wash. – Health officials in Seattle and King County are sharing important information for residents about sewer rats potentially entering homes. A series of illustrated instructions has been ...

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Bodycam video shows the moment two police officers used their parental instincts to rescue a five-year-old boy with autism trapped deep inside a sewer system. The boy wandered ...

A heavy construction vehicle and piles of dirt in the background of Kanza Southwind Nature Preserve, 2850 Wildflower Drive, are seen in Lawrence on Wednesday Dec. 17, 2025. Construction crews are ...

For decades, as growth exploded across the Midlands, Columbia failed to invest in its aging water and sewer system. Fueled by scrutiny from the federal government, the city has been forced to play ...