EPA policy charts the course for CSO control. (combined sewer overflow)

Public Works, September, 1994 by Andrews, Howard O.; John, Stephen F.

The EPA has released a new set of policies for combined sewer overflow (CSO)control to replace the 1989 regulations. The CSO regulation address the need for controlling sewage discharged into the Great Lakes, the Middle Atlantic and the Northeast Coast. It also has provisions regarding suspended solids, discharge during dry weather, pretreatment programs and monitoring. Compliance with the regulation is expected to cost communities a total of $41 billion.

THE Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Control Policy issued by EPA Assistant Administrator Robert Perciasepe last April will affect more than 42 million people in approximately 1100 U.S. cities. EPA estimates the total capital cost of compliance with the new CSO policy will be more than $41 billion--an average cost of nearly...

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