Sentence examples for causes sewage from inspiring English sources

This causes sewage to back up, which can flood homes and streets.

Sauvé's study also showed that parts of Montréal's stormwater collection system, which combines rain and domestic sewers, causes sewage contamination of surface waters.

They also say grease and chicken parts have caused sewage backups in their homes.

Several days of torrential rain caused sewage to flow unfiltered into waterways.

Heavy rain and floods can cause sewage from sewer lines to back up into houses through drainpipes – a messy proposition.

Mr. Stone said excessive rainfall and flooding this summer might have caused sewage treatment plants to release more nutrients into the lake that allowed the botulism organism to thrive.

Harris mentioned the sewage drain that is the river Yamuna, widespread open defecation, shoddy construction that caused sewage to mix with freshwater piped to his house, and congested traffic.

Likewise, the garbage slicks are frequently attributed to heavy rains that cause sewage treatment plants to cut off access and divert combined sewer and storm water waste directly into area waterways.

The high water was blamed on the shutdown of a wastewater treatment plant on Monday just south of St Louis, causing sewage to go directly into nearby rivers and streams.

The Environment Agency said the blaze caused sewage to leak on to the beach.

Keep Wales Tidy chief executive Lesley Jones added: "Many small items such as cotton buds end up as litter on our beautiful beaches and fats or oils down the sink can end up causing sewage overflow into our seas.