http://kcur.org en http://kcur.org/post/road-builders-accused-polluting <p>Kansas City, KS – The Environmental Protection Agency accuses MoDOT of failing to protect streams along two highway construction jobs. Inspectors allegedly found sediment was allowed to seep into a half dozen creeks and unnamed tributaries in Camden and Wayne Counties in central Missouri.</p> Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:58:16 +0000 Dan Verbeck 7027 at http://kcur.org http://kcur.org/post/reports-sewage-spills-rise <p class="legacy-audio-url"> <div class="audio-container"> <div id="jp-interface-51a17b72ced2a" class="jp-interface"> <div id="post-audio-51a17b72ced2a" class="jp-player" jp-instance="51a17b72ced2a"></div> <div class="jp-controls column"> <div class="jp-progress"> <div class="jp-seek-bar"> <div class="jp-play-bar"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="playpause column"> <a href="http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kcur/local-kcur-911193.mp3" class="jp-play">Listen</a> <a class="jp-pause"></a> </div> <div class="jp-time-holder column"> <div class="jp-custom-current-time"></div> <div class="jp-custom-duration"></div> </div> <div id="slider"></div> </div> </div><!-- container --> </p> <p>Kansas City, MO – This spring and summer, an alarming number of sewage spills are threatening local waterways. Millions of gallons of human waste have poured into rivers and lakes. And it's unclear if this is business as usual, and the public just didn't know about it before. (Pictured: The fountain in Brush Creek, where sewage often overflows during heavy rains.)</p> Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:18:41 +0000 Sylvia Maria Gross 6793 at http://kcur.org Reports Of Sewage Spills On The Rise