A new tunnel-boring machine sits beside one of two wide shafts that will help reduce sewage-stormwater overflows in Alexandria, VA. One shaft will be used to lower the tunnel-boring machine into place, and the other will carry dirt and other materials back to the surface. 

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We all know it at some level. Wastewater is a problem to be solved on Cape Cod. On its present trajectory, a liberal estimate would be that at most about 30-40% will be served by the centralized municipal treatment facilities. What about the rest?

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The city of Jackson may well get its sewer treatment equipment replaced. The 33-year-old infrastructure is claimed to need urgent replacement. If the equipment fails, it would cost Jackson more money to repair, than it would to replace the aging system and components.

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Dubbed “Hazel,” theis tunnel boring machine will create a tunnel that will store sewage-tainted stormwater runoff and divert it to a treatment plant. Photo: Whitney Pipkin

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Loch Lomond reservoir, which supplies water to the city of Santa Cruz, was 90% full in late March and about 86% full as of Friday, according to the city water department. (City of Santa Cruz)

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Council is weighing several possible outcomes for 24 downtown residents who face losing parts of their backyards to the Town for pipe work.

Work crews over the years have found it increasingly hard to access the utility easement on the properties, where a 36-inch sewer line and an 18-inc