Category: Environment

By Elijah PolanceUConn Journalism Drivers pass­ing through Wethersfield on I‑91 South have prob­a­bly seen the large body of water that fills the land­scape on the right. Wethersfield Cove, the famil­iar but some­times over­looked nat­ur­al com­pan­ion of the high­way, is one of 143 trib­u­taries to the Connecticut River. During warmer months, the area is pop­u­lar for…

By Noa ClimorUConn Journalism Combined sewer overflows are unhealthy for people and the environment in a few ways. They can pour bacteria into water where people swim or go boating, and regular flooding from sewage backups can form mold inside buildings, which is linked to illness. One of the most dangerous of the bacteria found...

By Desirae SinUConn Journalism Freshwater rivers are vital to the life­cy­cle of many fish species, but pol­lu­tion and over­flows of sewage and waste­water can hurt these del­i­cate process­es. Sewer over­flows enter­ing the Connecticut River and its trib­u­taries can lead to die-offs of sev­er­al valu­able migra­to­ry fish species, includ­ing the American shad, Connecticut’s offi­cial fish, and…

By Julianna D’AddonaUConn Journalism As pre­cip­i­ta­tion increas­es and storms become more severe across the Northeast, com­bined sewage sys­tems are being inun­dat­ed with mix­tures of sewage and rain­wa­ter. The net­work erupts, send­ing untreat­ed waste into Hartford’s Park River and back­ing into some people’s hous­es. Because of a warmer, more humid cli­mate, rain­fall in the Northeast has…