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OLYMPIA, Wash. - It was a mucky job, but the reward was great. Alma F. Coate-Wilson, 98, accidentally flushed her $8,000, 1.6-carat diamond wedding ring down the toilet in the middle of the night two months ago.
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SYDNEY, Australia - An Australian wildlife worker pulled a 7-foot python out of a septic tank Wednesday after a plumber found it hiding in a woman's toilet, officials said.
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IT ISN'T pretty. In fact, it's disgusting. It's one of North Jersey's most serious water-quality problems and has been for decades. During heavy rains, untreated sewage pours out of aging sewer systems directly into area rivers and streams.
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By Anna King, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Feb. 7--Workers on Tuesday towed to safety a piece of motorized track equipment that dangled from a bridge over the Columbia River.
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By Chuck Thompson, The Macon Telegraph, Ga.  May 24--About 10,000 gallons of sewage overflowed from a manhole Tuesday at Healy Point Country Club, Freddie Wiggins, director of the Jones County Water and Sewer Department, said Wednesday.
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By Erika Pesantes, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Dec. 15--DELRAY BEACH -- Residents' sewer rates are set to increase to pay for a $17 million deep injection well project that will pump highly treated wastewater thousands of feet beneath the ground's surface.
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By Julia Oliver, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 25--Union County's biggest sewer plant, already strained by record growth, has been fined for environmental problems far more times in recent years than any other similar size plant in the Charlotte region, according to state records.
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Business & money: Leaking factory pipe identified as most likely cause of illness in more than 30 people.
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The Environmental Protection Agency is close to issuing new guidelines making it easier for sewage authorities to dump partially treated wastewater during heavy rainfalls, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post.
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TACOMA, Wash. - A chlorine leak Monday night at a chemical plant on this city's waterfront injured 12 people and prompted the evacuation of the surrounding industrial area, a fire official said.
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A publicly funded project has unearthed a huge burial ground in Washington State.
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In the Potomac River scientists and anglers have uncovered male smallmouth bass growing eggs. The reason is a mystery, but clues point to estrogen-enhanced sewage.
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By KIRAN KRISHNAMURTHY  Authorities searched a Spotsylvania County landfill yesterday after workers found a human foot in trash delivered there on Saturday.
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A TANKER driver dumped raw sewage into a salmon river in Perthshire wiping out most of the aquatic life.  William McCall, 51, of Nethergreen Crescent, Renfrew, pumped hundreds of gallons of his pal's septic tank's contents into the River Fillan, at Crianlarich.
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SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. - A foot fished from a landfill was not the human variety. Cleaned and X-rayed, the appendage was determined to be apelike, authorities said Monday.
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By Adam Kovac Daily Herald Staff Writer  South Elgin is considering a revision to its clean water code that includes a plan to detect illegal dumping into storm sewers and trace the pollution back to its source, officials said.
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By Randy Kraft, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  May 30--Controversy already has splashed an Emmaus inspection program aimed at stopping storm water from getting into sanitary sewer lines.