Baldwin County Sewer Service will have to remove a sludge pond at their Fort Morgan treatment facility, if the Gulf Shores City Council follows the recommendation of the city’s planning commission.

Metro cities could be on the hook for $1 billion or more in cleanup costs in coming years as they grapple with contaminated sludge in storm-water ponds that dot the metro area. The main culprit: ...

Baldwin County Sewer Service has taken its years-long battle with the city of Gulf Shores over its treatment plant in Fort Morgan to court, though it’s not clear if the court will be able to intervene ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The removal of stagnant sludge water from an aeration pond near the Meadow Village topped the Big ...

ASHEVILLE – State environmental officials this week ordered Duke Energy to perform an engineering analysis of pipes in the coal ash ponds at the utility’s Asheville power plant. An earlier inspection ...

De-sludging activities have begun in the Windscale Pile Fuel Storage Pond at the Sellafield site in the UK. Plant operators are being assisted in the project by Metal Mickey, a remotely operated ...