Entries Tagged Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO)

As the East Coast recovers from an unusually harsh winter season, the jaw-dropping impact has been revealed along the way, and Boston’s...

Imagine being blindfolded 100 feet away from the edge of a cliff and told you must walk as close to the edge...

Ever since there have been sewers, there have been sewer rats. Fortunately, those little beady-eyed bandits stay subterranean most of the time....

Editor's note: Here, we highlight just a portion of the Evanston, Ill., collections system. For more information, check out the December cover story,...

The Burns Funeral Home in Hobart, Ill., is taking stormwater management seriously. Owner Jim Burns recently installed a waterfall and mini-stream near...

A $1.3 million pilot project in Bayonne, N.J., could have national implications for stormwater management. The New Jersey Wet Weather Flow Treatment...

On Sept. 3, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy announced that the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) will provide almost $12...

A three-day hunt for a broken water main in Bay City, Mich., ended on Monday when city crews were finally able to...

When the Town of Middlebury, Vt., faced a significant reduction in capacity of a critical sewer force main, it gambled – and...

Damaged infrastructure. Water-quality concerns. Sewage backups. The results of combined sewer overflows, sanitary sewer overflows and excess stormwater runoff can cause permanent...

Like many cities, Seattle, Wash., has had its share of problems with combined sewer overflows (CSOs) and sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs). In...

When Henderson, Ky., entered a consent decree with the U.S. EPA in 2007, the water utility was already well on its way...

When storm clouds loom over southeastern Michigan, Jim Nash pays close attention. That’s because Nash, the Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner (OCWRC), devotes...

Like many American cities, Lynchburg, Va., faces a combined sewer overflow problem. By following a strategy of performing the least costly work...