Sewage Spills Increasing

KQED QUEST staff Audio Report on Apr 06, 2009 by from
Topics: Environment, Radio

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How much sewage makes its way into our water? Plenty. Statewide, it's likely that last year's record number, 20 million gallons of raw sewage dumped in California waterways, is going to be broken this year. Decrepit pipes, lack of money and the growing severity of storms could all add up to a disaster of septic proportions.

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  • Ted Stoeckley

    Public works departments for our municipalities need to be reporting reliable data that shows the recommended life-span of pipes to insure sewage spills are limited in our environment.