Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) Articles

During the past decade, the Ross Valley Sanitary District has experienced a seismic shift in operations, including $100 million in infrastructure improvements, investments in...

On your average sunny day in West Hartford, Connecticut, approximately 8 million gallons of water flows through the sanitary sewer system on...

Udaipur, one of India’s oldest and most densely built urban areas, was suffering the aftermath of annual monsoon seasons. Sanitary sewer overflows...

Pumps enable tunnel dewateringProblem:A hydroelectric project in the province of Boca de Toro, Panama, included a power plant with a capacity of more...

Years ago, fats, oils and grease blockages in sanitary sewers in the city of London, Ontario, posed a fairly significant problem. But those issues...

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Given that the EPA estimates as many as 75,000 SSOs happen every year, and widespread weather events often trigger SSOs in multiple...

A sanitary sewer overflow is a pressure-packed situation that calls for quick thinking and action, but creating a contingency plan with Xylem...

The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority in North Carolina engaged in a capital improvement project to help address their aging infrastructure. The...

The wastewater system infrastructure in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is undergoing a massive makeover, mostly to boost the system’s ability to handle a high...

How do you fight back against a fatberg? The first obvious step is to know your enemy. Fatberg is a term coined in...

Don't bet against Mother Nature. If you're hoping that your town or city won't experience a sanitary sewer overflow, the odds are...

When a sanitary sewer overflow occurs, the natural reaction is to repair it as quickly as possible and stop untreated wastewater from...

The statistics are staggering. Each year in the United States alone, we experience up to 75,000 sanitary sewer overflows that release close...