When tree roots invade plumbing, you could be forced to make expensive repairs. An urban forester reveals which trees wreck plumbing and what to do when roots invade sewer lines.

A St. Louis woman says raw sewage keeps flooding her basement due to a broken pipe. It’s an issue that’s been plaguing her ...

Below your feet in downtown Moorhead lies a reminder of the Great London Stink of 1858. That’s when a British engineer devised an underground sewer system with waterways made of brick – the same ...

D.C. Water CEO David Gaddis resolved to do everything possible to reclaim the Potomac River after last month’s disastrous sewer pipe break, he said in an open letter to the community Wednesday. The ...

A recently placed warning sign is seen at the sight of a massive pipe rupture, as sewage flows into the Potomac River, right, in Glen Echo, Md., Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. A massive pipe that moves ...

SHEFFIELD LAKE, Ohio (WOIO) - Sewage water has flooded 60 apartment units at Portside Apartments four times since Thanksgiving, forcing residents into hotels while cleanup costs above $2 million. The ...

A 6th Century burial ground and two Iron Age roundhouses have been discovered during a Scottish Water sewer upgrade project in the Highlands. Remnants of the roundhouses, metalworking furnaces and ...