Three Bergen County towns sign deal to reduce sewage going into Hackensack, Hudson rivers
Three Bergen County municipalities have signed an agreement with the state DEP to reduce sewer discharges into the Hackensack ...
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Sewer project in St. Clair Shores aims to make treated sewage discharges less frequent
Miller estimated the Jefferson sewer project will reduce the number of the discharges, called combined sewer overflows, by about 50%. Miller and Peter Trombley, wastewater superintendent for the ...
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How heavy rain affected sewer overflows and backups in 2024
Cincinnati has a combined sewer system, where human sewage shares the same pipes as stormwater runoff. High-intensity rainstorms can overwhelm the system, causing a combination of human waste and ...
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Columbus spent $140 million on rain gardens to address stormwater overflows
However, in 2015, the city raised concerns about building more tunnels to deal with combined sewer overflows. "Building 28 miles of tunnels to eliminate SSO's (storm system overflows) was of ...