Sediment traps are intentionally installed to help prevent sediment in the gas piping from getting into the gas valve or burner area of an appliance and fouling things up. The photo below shows 18 ...

POTTSTOWN >> The public has until Aug. 8 to comment on a plan to control stormwater for the next five years. The plan is required to obtain a permit from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental ...

EAGLE COUNTY The sediment basins along Interstate 70 can do a pretty good job of preventing traction sand from polluting Black Gore Creek until they fill up, at least.Local environmental groups have ...

Ioana Stefanescu, a UW Ph.D. candidate in geology and geophysics, descends into the Natural Trap Cave earlier this summer. Stefanescu collected sediment in the cave to study past climate conditions.