Possible illegal dumping of an unknown substance into one of the city’s sewer manholes has damaged two of the sequencing batch reactors at the wastewater treatment plant.
A federal judge on Wednesday, Jan. 18 found several Arkansas-based poultry companies engaged in conduct that contributed to the degradation of water quality in the Illinois River, its tributaries, and
Tyson Foods among other poultry companies now have less than two months to reach an agreement with the state of Oklahoma on how to clean a watershed polluted by chicken litter.
Wastewater treatment permits issued to the Northwest Arkansas Conservation Authority and Springdale Water Utilities have led to a lawsuit between the state and the EPA and revived a decades-long fight over phosphorus in the Illinois River.
Wastewater treatment permits issued to the Northwest Arkansas Conservation Authority and Springdale Water Utilities have led to a lawsuit between the state and the Environmental Protection Agency and revived a decadeslong fight over phosphorus in the Illinois River.