Feds sue San Francisco over shoddy stormwater-sewage system

(CN) - The federal government sued the city and county of San Francisco on Wednesday over "its repeated and widespread failures to operate its two combined stormwater-sewer systems and sewage treatment plants in compliance with the law and its permits, and in a manner that keeps untreated sewage off the streets and beaches of San Francisco."

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