Climate change is messing with city sewers — and the solutions are even messier

Grist
By Angelica AngAug 21, 2024, 4:45 am296 pts
At the end of July 2023, 3.07 inches of rain fell on Boston in a single day. The city’s sewer systems were overwhelmed, resulting in a discharge of sewage into Boston Harbor that prompted a public health warning. The summer of 2023 would turn out to be Boston’s second-rainiest on record. About two months…

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