cesspool
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Date: 2008
cesspool see septic tank .
Author not available, CESSPOOL.,
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Cesspool pumpingrates to rise
Honolulu Star - Bulletin; 6/5/2004; Leone, Diana; 570 words;
A hike in city rates for cesspool pumping has some Oahu residents worried ... city will raise its fees for pumping cesspools to $132.90 per pumping -- higher ... said. Oahu has an estimated 8,000 cesspools, and during the past year the city ...
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&type=1 "Newsday (Melville, NY)")
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Cesspool fall kills worker: Mower crushes landscaper to death after he inadvertently clipped lid of septic system, police say.
Newsday (Melville, NY); 6/13/2007; 704 words;
... of his injuries after falling into a cesspool while cutting a Deer Park lawn and being ... discovered Reyes trap- ped in the block-lined cesspool, his head above the liquid, with his ... mower, Reyes had clipped the lid of the cesspool, causing it to give way, police said ...
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Cesspool collapse drops worker into sludge
Honolulu Star - Bulletin; 12/13/2007; Park, Gene; 505 words;
... STORY SUMMARY A subcontractor fell into a cesspool in Laie and disappeared without a word ... had been standing on top of the cement cesspool cap when it collapsed, toppling in after ... father of three fell to his death into a cesspool that collapsed under his feet yesterday ...
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Man dies after sinking into cesspool
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 9/5/2001; 167 words;
Man dies after sinking into cesspool Associated Press Wednesday, September ... with his two children died when his cesspool caved in and swallowed him, police ... standing on the ground above the cesspool when it gave way at about 12:40 p ...
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&type=1 "Providence Journal (Providence, RI)")
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Rhode Island Senate Proposal Would Phase Out Failing Cesspools.
Providence Journal (Providence, RI); 4/20/2004; 636 words;
... legislation passes, many homeowners with failing cesspools would have to pay almost $10,000, the current average cost of replacing a cesspool, to comply with law. The bill was unanimously ... any cleanup of Narragansett Bay because cesspools have a significant impact on shallow bays ... identified Greenwich ...
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Failing cesspool prompts board to condemn house
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA; 9/17/2003; Joe McGee; JOE McGEE; 365 words;
... the property and finding an overflowing cesspool, dog feces and toilet paper strewn about ... condemned his home, he admitted that his cesspool is failing. He said he has been prevented ... bought the property in 1994 and that the cesspool, built in 1940, probably has never worked ...
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Report: Blagojevich chides Jesse White He called secretary's office a 'cesspool of corruption': paper
Chicago Sun-Times; 10/25/2002; Chris Fusco; 348 words;
... Secretary of State Jesse White's office is a "cesspool of corruption," and White "doesn't want ... state's office under Gov. Ryan as a 'cesspool of corruption' and applauds Jesse for ... He later referred to the office as a "cesspool of corruption." White and Blagojevich ...
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Bramblett: Innocence caught in cesspool of crime, corruption
Tri-State Defender; 12/6/2000; Porter, Virginia L.; 1021 words;
... 12-06-2000 Bramblett: Innocence caught in cesspool of crime, corruption "If they do these ... uncovered veiled stench from the criminal cesspool of a long-standing good ole boy network ... believes, caught up in that criminal cesspool, leading to his false arrest, his false ...
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Falling in too deep: Cesspool collapses beneath Huntington man and imperils son in try at rescue from 'bottomless' hole.
Newsday (Melville, NY); 4/25/2006; 765 words;
... the newspaper - found himself falling into a cesspool. I disappeared, a still shaken Palladino said ... September 2001, Michael LoBasso died when the cesspool at his family's Huntington Station home collapsed ... system. In Suffolk, 70 percent of homes have cesspools. The rest are connected to county, town ...
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She died in cesspool: Apparent cave-in in front yard kills Elwood woman, 76.
Newsday (Melville, NY); 7/18/2006; 248 words;
... a 76-year-old Elwood woman dead in a cesspool yesterday, after the ground under her ... She was about six feet down in the cesspool, police said. Homicide Detective Sgt ... had to shore up the area around the cesspool, which showed signs of further collapsing ... she died] when I saw the ambulance and ...
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&type=1 "Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)")
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Cesspool sucks in man, son, neighbor
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 4/25/2006; ASSOCIATED PRESS; 209 words;
... up the Sunday newspaper plunged into a cesspool in his front yard, and his son and neighbor ... dragged them out. It's not the first time a cesspool - a pit that collects waste from toilets ... backyard with his two children died when his cesspool caved in and consumed him. And in 1998 ...
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Houlton man's pooch OK after falling into cesspool
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 4/4/2003; WAYNE L. BROWN; OF THE NEWS STAFF; 364 words;
... quarter-mile down the road in Serita Hammond's cesspool. Hammond was asleep about 7:15 a.m. when she was ... desperately trying to keep his head above water in her cesspool. The top to the cesspool had rusted through a few days earlier, and Hammond ...
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Old cesspools can pose threat: Woman's death an example of how cinder block models are vulnerable to deterioration, collapse.
Newsday (Melville, NY); 7/19/2006; 412 words;
... help extricate an individual from a collapsed cesspool in their yard. In April, a 71-year-old Huntington man fell into a cesspool, taking his would-be-rescuer son down with him ... serves as a tragic reminder of the dangers of old cesspools. Cesspools now are made with pre-cast concrete, but ...
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Hawaii County gets federal aid for cesspools
Honolulu Star - Bulletin; 1/14/2004; Anonymous; 144 words;
... 000 in federal funds to identify and replace large cesspools on the island, the Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday. All "large-capacity" cesspools in the state must be closed by April 5, 2005, the EPA said in a news release. The agency has prohibited construction of large-capacity ...
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&type=1 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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KEEPING GREAT SWAMP FROM BECOMING A CESSPOOL
The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 11/28/1994; 393 words;
... County, NJ) 11-28-1994 KEEPING GREAT SWAMP FROM BECOMING A CESSPOOL Date: 11-28-1994, Monday Section: OPINION Edition: All Editions ... this beautiful refuge will become little more than a massive cesspool. Keywords: NEW JERSEY. ENVIRONMENT. WATER. POLLUTION. CONSTRUCTION ...
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