Investigation looks into the recurring problem of sewer overflows in southern Illinois
A sign by a house warns that there is a sanitary sewer overflow and warns residents of potential health risks if exposed to the contaminated water. Kyle Pyatt for Illinois Answers Project
A few dozen southern Illinois communities have faced a substantial portion of the state's reported sewer overflows. What has this meant for homeowners and why has solving the problem been challenging?
All of this is the subject of a new investigation from the Illinois Answers Project called "Wasted Waters: How Southern Illinois is Coping with Decades of Sewage Flooding… and Why it Still Isn’t Solved." The reporter behind the story joins the program today.
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Janelle O'Dea
Investigative Reporter, Illinois Answers Project