Post Tagged with: "combined sewer overflows"

A new research initiative funded by the Water Research Foundation (WRF) and led by a multidisciplinary team of engineers and utilities has been launched to address the critical need for industry-wide guidance on smart sewer system implementation. The project will focus on developing practical solutionsRead More

In July, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Ohio Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposed modification to the 2011 settlement with the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District to address the flow of untreated sewage into Cleveland-area waterways and Lake Erie. The agency said the modification will affect the CityRead More

The City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management (DWM) will soon deliver on a decade-long effort to remedy combined sewer overflows (CSOs) and localized flooding in southeast Atlanta, according to a press release from Brown and Caldwell, which will serve as engineer of record onRead More

Design and engineering firm Stantec has been selected to lead design services on Phase IV of the Boston Water and Sewer Commission’s (BWSC) East Boston Sewer Separation project. The project is part of a comprehensive 30-year, $150 million initiative to reduce pollutants discharged to BostonRead More

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in March heard oral argument in the San Francisco Public Utility Commission’s challenge to its first National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit issued after completion of its combined sewer overflow (CSO) long term control planRead More

Water technology company Xylem is working with the City of South Bend, Indiana, to deliver an advanced smart sewer system that will enable the city to exceed the requirements of a wastewater consent decree for 60 percent less capital investment (CapEx) than originally planned. TheRead More