South Bend, Indiana's Approach for Wet Weather Planning and CSO Control: Reevaluating a $$$ LTCP

The City of South Bend, Indiana, often synonymous with the University of Notre Dame, is the fourth largest city in Indiana with over 100,000 residents. South Bend takes its name from the southernmost bend of the St. Joseph River. Established in 1865, South Bend is also one of 105 combined sewer communities in the State of Indiana. South Bend entered a Consent Decree (CD) in May 2012 with the USEPA, United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM). The CD outlines a Long Term Control Plan (LTCP) to control combined sewer overflows into the St. Joseph River. The 2012 LTCP has multiple infrastructure projects including sewer separation, remote storage tanks with disinfection within the distribution system, a parallel interceptor, a storage conduit, wastewater treatment plant upgrades and expansion, sewer extensions, and a new river crossing.