U.S. EPA'S REPORT TO CONGRESS ON COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS AND SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS

Julia Moore; Cynthia Valente; Michael Sullivan; Kevin DeBell

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U.S. EPA'S REPORT TO CONGRESS ON COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS AND SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS

Abstract

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or “the Agency”) developed a Report to Congress on the extent of the human health and environmental impacts caused by municipal ombined sewer overflows (CSOs) and sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs), including the location of discharges causing such impacts, the volume of pollutants discharged, the constitue ts discharged, and the resources spent by municipalities, and the technologies used by municipalities to address these impacts. The report finds that CSOs and SSOs can have significant impacts, which are most apparent at the local watershed level. The report also suggests that greater funding is needed to improve the United States' wastewater infrastructure.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or “the Agency”) developed a Report to Congress on the extent of the human health and environmental impacts caused by municipal ombined sewer overflows (CSOs) and sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs), including the location of discharges causing such impacts, the volume of pollutants discharged, the constitue ts discharged, and the resources...

Author(s)

Julia MooreCynthia ValenteMichael SullivanKevin DeBell

SourceProceedings of the Water Environment Federation

SubjectSession 5: Tools to Work with Your Regulators

Document typeConference Paper

PublisherWater Environment Federation

Print publication date Jan, 2004

ISSN1938-6478

SICI1938-6478(20040101)2004:5L.378;1-

DOI10.2175/193864704784107551

Volume / Issue2004 / 5

Content sourceCollection Systems Conference