Severn Trent has been fined £24,000 fine plus £6,884 costs for polluting a fishing lake - the fourth time in seven years.

ALARM has been raised over the number of septic tanks in the Dungannon area after latest figures estimated that there are about 5000 systems operating in the district, one of the highest in the North.

The deadly superbug NDM-1 has been found in human sewage and subsequently in drinking water in Delhi.

Scottish Water was fined £7,500 at Dornoch Sheriff Court, on 3rd. October, for allowing untreated sewage to discharge to a Brora burn for a week, resulting in a number of fish deaths

Tests have revealed that, despite improvements, contamination levels of E.coli in public water supplies are still five times higher than found in comparable supplies in England and Wales

Virginia Tech engineer identifies new concerns for antibiotic resistance – Waste Water Pollution

Antarctica, the most pristine continent on Earth is not so pristine any more. Human sewage is being dumped there as World governments turn a blind eye to normal standards and pollute this virgin continent.

Artificial trees are being looked at to cut CO2 emisssions.  Why don't they don't plant real ones instead, decentralise sewage treatment  and install BIOROCK plants? An acre of trees removes 2.6 tonnes of CO2/year.  If they did this in the UK it would be equivalent to saving the CO2 absorbed by 46,000 acres of UK woodland.  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8223528.stm