March 19, 2015
An Ohio federal judge on Wednesday denied the city of Akron's bid to modify a 2009 decree ordering the city to undertake a now-estimated $1.4 billion project to improve its sewer system over Clean Water Act violations.
May 04, 2012
The federal government and Akron, Ohio, on Thursday filed a joint consent decree that could cost the city $897 million and would resolve long-standing problems with the city's sewer system that had caused Clean Water Act violations.
May 16, 2011
The U.S. government on Monday appealed a federal judge's decision to reject an unopposed consent decree in which Akron, Ohio, would have paid a fine and made improvements to its sewer system to stop pollutants from entering the Cuyahoga River.