1. After police found him hiding in a sewer with a diameter less than 1 m, they feared he would suffocate amid the dirty water and slime.
2. The Environmental Protection Agency started a program allowing cities to use the fish to help clean the water in sewer treatment plant ponds.
3. The renowned Rhine was for a time called the " European Sewer " because of the serious water pollution.
4. They predicted it could be a month before power is restored, and said water and sewer systems could not function until more generators arrived.
5. There was no toilet and waste water was running all over the floor from a blocked sewer.