Deadly sludge could flow into Danube River, spread for miles. October 6, 2010 — -- The people of Hungary are seeing red in more ways than one. The thick, red torrent of sludge, which burst from a ...

When two dams containing the waste water from an iron ore mine in Brazil recently burst and spewed its contents into the local river, it created what some are calling Brazil’s worst ever environmental ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A tractor trailer transporting sludge dredged from the ocean spilled its load Wednesday morning onto Interstate 15 northbound, just south of Friars Road. The right two lanes ...

River Committee members heard a little good news Thursday night - the first round of biological tests required before the town can dump river sludge in the ocean went well. Now for round two. "It's ...

A spill Wednesday snarled traffic as it backed up two right lanes and an off-ramp on northbound Interstate 15 in San Diego. The spill occurred at about 8:16 a.m. Wednesday, just south of Friars Road, ...

Two Greek shipping companies were ordered Thursday to pay $2.7 million in penalties after getting convicted on charges related to dumping tons of oil sludge into the ocean. The case stems from a July ...

Cargo ship operator Transmar Shipping Co, S.A. pleaded guilty Friday in Oakland to violations that involved dumping oil residue, sludge and other substances into the ocean, federal prosecutors said.

The last sludge barge from New York City chugged into the Atlantic on Tuesday, marking a victory for environmentalists. New York was the last city to comply with the 1988 Federal Ocean Dumping Act, ...

The Water Environment Federation (WEF) is a not-for-profit technical and educational organization of 33,000 individual members and 75 affiliated Member Associations representing water quality ...

Sludge is a by-product, produced during the treatment of waste water. Pathogens, organic matters, chemicals, and microorganisms are different constituents of the sludge. Besides, sludge also contains ...