Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) Articles

Orange County Sanitation District keeps costs down with an approach based on aggressive planning and maintenance and life extension

By taking an out-of-the-box approach to pipe cleaning and root control, a Rocky Mountain utility saves money, protects its critical infrastructure, and conserves energy

A California agency gets a handle on its collection system flows using meters mounted in manholes over the wastewater stream

An Oklahoma city is achieving success and saving big dollars by conducting a multi-year, $90 million sewer rehabilitation program with in-house workers

A comprehensive monitoring system helps a major sewerage agency keep tabs on its system, optimize capacity, and help drive down SSOs

The Fort Worth Water Department keeps SSOs in check with collection system upgrades and world-class maintenance

Spot checks enable the City of Glendale to get to the root of SSO problems. Staff members take pride in their field responsibilities, training and certification

A real-time wireless system in manholes monitors sewer levels and helps prevent overflows in a northeast Florida city

I&I control, effective root treatment and FOG regulations help a California water and sewer district say so long to SSOs

The Vallejo Sanitation and Flood Control District uses pipe bursting as a key technology in an aggressive program to tighten its sewers

The City of Duluth battles unique hillside topography in a productive effort to stamp out sanitary sewer overflows and comply with a consent decree

Centrifugal chopper pumps in a major lift station put an end to frequent plugging that drove up costs and threatened SSOs