Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Articles

Lima’s integrated planning approach helps reduce CSOs and protect the Ottawa River.

A “green” mindset informs sewer district’s approach to reducing overflows.

Detroit-area utility’s wastewater master plan extends well beyond its boundaries.

The City of Buffalo will become the first in the nation to use an EIB to encourage private green infrastructure development

Complex environmental works hailed for seamlessly integrating into historically significant landmark

Philadelphia takes a simple, innovative approach to stormwater management.

The tunnel also caught 900 tons of trash, solids and debris that would have ended up in the river

Two completed segments of the tunnel have diverted more than 2 billion gallons of stormwater to a treatment plant and have prevented more than 100 tons of trash from entering area rivers

Crushed porcelain from old toilets taken out of city schools is incorporated into rain gardens

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection is preparing to debut a new outreach campaign that will enlist volunteers to curtail their water use during rainstorms

Check out this selection of some of the best images that appeared in Municipal Sewer & Water magazine over the past year