Part way into an ambitious project to end combined sewer overflows (CSOs), the City of Lansing decided to make it even more ambitious — but also more efficient. The plan: to coordinate the CSO project with other utility work throughout the city, and so reduce disruption from major construction projects. The city’s Public Service Department has been following through on the coordination plan since the late 1990s, working with the independently run Lansing Board of Water & Light (LBWL) and other utilities whose work might interact with the CSO project. The result has paid off, says city public service director
