Search results for Sanitation Failures

'Disturbing': Human waste dumping in Colon, Carbon sparks outcry

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Concerns over sanitation and public health surfaced after a local reported witnessing human waste being dumped in Cebu City’s busiest areas. The report, echo...

Poor Sanitation and Infectious Diseases in Indonesia

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), communicable diseases and nutritional conditions are responsible for 34.7% of deaths in Indonesia. With tuberculosis (TB) ranked f...

FDA cites Ocean Group Inc. seafood facilities for Listeria, sanitation failures across four sites

As part of its enforcement activities, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view u...

Norwegian Dawn Tackles All Sanitation Concerns After Failing CDC Inspection

Norwegian Dawn has taken dozens of corrective steps after failing a CDC health inspection at the end of March 2026. Norwegian Dawn Tackles All Sanitation Concerns After Failing CDC...

Ministry of Health Raises Alarm Over Spread of Diseases in Cities

According to the PS, the diseases largely caused by bacteria, viruses, and protozoa are transmitted through contaminated water, most commonly due to poor sanitation and sewage mana...

UNZA sanitation issues due to poor management – Education PS

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COLUMN: Preparing for sanitation in an emergency

Mark Wardell, the leader of West Salem’s Community Emergency Response Team, tackles the topic nobody wants to think about but everyone should plan for: making a makeshift bathroom...

Surfrider water testing shows high fecal bacteria concentrations islandwide

The nonprofit's Blue Water Task Force found 25 of the sites it tested May 9 -- or a huge 76% of the total 33 -- had bacteria levels exceeding state recreational water quality stand...

The Norwegian Dawn cruise ship flunks health inspection

Fruit flies, mold, and refrigeration failures, oh my! Cruise ships sure are having a moment. Just in the first half of 2026, norovirus outbreaks sickened 115 people on the Caribbea...

Why water sanitation matters in greenhouse production

Water is one of the most important inputs in greenhouse crop production. Water quality directly affects nutrient availability, fertilizer performance, and the cleanliness of irriga...

Unreported problem at Clare water treatment plant left people at risk of illness for weeks, EPA finds

The disabling of the UV alarm had resulted in the failure of the plant’s cryptosporidium barrier which prevents a potentially dangerous microscopic parasite that can cause gastroen...

Improving WASH in South African Schools

South Africa is a country where access to clean water and sanitation is not readily available to all, and this directly impacts education. Around 462 million students globally atte...

Almost 60% of domestic septic tanks fail inspection - EPA

Almost six out of every ten domestic septic tanks failed inspection last year, putting drinking water, wells and rivers at risk, the Environmental Protection Agency has said.

Officials can't explain yearslong delays in pipe repairs before Potomac's historic sewage spill

DC Water's top executive told Congress Wednesday that federal officials still have not explained why they never approved repairs to the aging sewer line that ruptured this winter,...

Officials can't explain yearslong delays in pipe repairs before Potomac's historic sewage spill

DC Water's top executive told Congress Wednesday that federal officials still have not explained why they never approved repairs to the aging sewer line that ruptured this winter,...

Outbreaks fall in Hong Kong in 2025

Illness after eating oysters continues to be a problem

DC Agency Chief Defends Pre-Sewage Spill Maintenance, But System Repair Is Far from Over

DC Water CEO David Gadis cited long-term access easements, standardized permitting timelines and better regulator field coordination "to prevent a recurrence of the failure," but o...

CDC: Produce, Salmonella Drove Multistate Foodborne Enteric Disease Outbreaks in 2024

CDC has published a report summarizing the multistate enteric disease outbreaks it solved in 2024, of which 29 were foodborne, resulting in 1,533 illnesses, 519 hospitalizations, a...

LDH releases 2025 water system report card; only 5 Capital area systems receive D and F ratings

BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Department of Health has released its 2025 letter grades for community water systems across the state, with five Capital region systems receiv...

FDA warns four firms in California and Oregon over Listeria, HACCP and sanitation failures

As part of its enforcement activities, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view u...

Zero tolerance against poor sanitation: MD Suthra Punjab

Defunct sewer machine hits sanitation across 40 villages in Beerwah

Beerwah: Residents of Beerwah have raised concerns over a defunct sewer suction machine, locally known as a “sucker car,” lying idle at the Municipal Committee premises for the pas...

Sanitation crisis in Lucknow as hundreds of workers leave for Assam, Bengal to vote

Sanitation crisis in Lucknow as hundreds of workers leave for Assam, Bengal to vote

Household waste water system

geoff_faulkner: the first two of the three ‘cubicles’ of the grease trap are full to the brim; indeed they have to be in order to cascade down into the subsequent one. Certainly...