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Sometimes Clean: A Profile of Wethersfield Cove

Posted on June 3, 2025

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…

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Uncontained Waste Can Make People Sick

Posted on June 2, 2025

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...

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Pollution Hurts Delicate Life Cycles of Fish

Posted on June 1, 2025

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…

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Increasing Rainfall Worsens Combined Sewer Overflows

Posted on June 1, 2025

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…

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ABOUT THIS PROJECT

Eight journalism students at the University of Connecticut spent three months reporting on the combined sewer overflow repair project in Hartford and getting to know some of the real-life, sometimes devastating impact this pollution has exacted on the people who have endured it for decades.

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  • by Charlotte Harvey The Problem: 50 Sewage Overflows a Year
  • by Justin Doughty Deadlines Pushed Back for $170M Sewage Separation Project
  • by Elijah Polance Tunnel Will Hold Waste from 17 Sewer Overflow Points
  • by Mia Jaworski Chronic Flooding Closed Hartford Neighborhood Hardware Store
  • by Julianna D'Addona Sharon Lewis: A Flood Led to Resilience
  • by Elijah Polance Sometimes Clean: A Profile of Wethersfield Cove
  • by Desirae Sin Whose fault is the flooding? It's complicated
  • by Noa Climor Uncontained Waste Can Make People Sick
  • by Julianna D'Addona For Cynthia R. Jennings, Lifetime of Flooding Fuels Fight for Environmental Justice
  • by Mia Jaworski What we can learn from deep tunnel systems in Chicago and Milwaukee
  • by Desirae Sin Pollution Hurts Delicate Life Cycles of Fish
  • by Noa Climor Bridgitte Prince Says North End Has Waited Too Long
  • by Desirae Sin How Sewage Treatment Usually Works
  • by Elijah Polance Extra Water Underground Delays Massive Waste Tunnel Operation to 2026
  • by Desirae Sin Grant Program Funded 557 Flooding Fixes Before Halting
  • by Noa Climor J. Stan McCauley Says Hartford's North End Victimized by Political Apathy
  • by Charlotte Harvey Blue Hills Civic Association Helped Hundreds Get Flood Grants Before Hitting Financial Trouble
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