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    Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) is a condition in which untreated sewage is discharged from a sanitary sewer into the environment prior to reaching sewage...
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    Sewerage (redirect from Sewer system)
    During high precipitation periods a sewer system may experience a combined sewer overflow event or a sanitary sewer overflow event, which forces untreated sewage...
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  • Sewer overflow can refer to: Combined sewer overflow Sanitary sewer overflow This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Sewer overflow...
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    CSOs differ from sanitary sewer overflows in that the latter are caused by sewer system obstructions, damage, or flows in excess of sewer capacity (rather...
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    is that they avoid combined sewer overflows. Sanitary sewers are typically much smaller in diameter than combined sewers which also transport urban runoff...
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  • level Sanitary sewer overflow, a condition whereby untreated sewage is discharged into the environment, escaping wastewater treatment "Overflow", a 2023...
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    A sanitary manhole (sewer manhole, sanitary sewer manhole or sewer maintenance hole) is a manhole that is used as an access point for maintenance and inspection...
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    Fatberg (redirect from Fatburger (sewer))
    solid, soap-like substance. Grease and fat blockages can cause sanitary sewer overflows, in which sewage is discharged into the environment without treatment...
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    happen quickly enough, localised flooding occurs (surcharge). Such sanitary sewer overflow can mean streets becoming flooded with a mixture of water and sewage...
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  • of sewers include: Combined sewer Effluent sewer Gravity sewer Sanitary sewer Storm sewer Vacuum sewer Other uses: Sewer, one who does sewing Sewage,...
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  • additional untreated sewage into the rivers. Such an event is called a sanitary sewer overflow. In 2004, the EPA estimated that 16 billion US gallons (61,000...
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    that overflow events have been "nearly eliminated." TARP captures and stores combined stormwater and sewage that would otherwise overflow from sewers into...
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    called regulators allow overflow into gravity outfall sewers when peak flow in combined sewers exceeds pumping capacity. Sanitary sewers are preferred for cost-effective...
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    They are intended to prevent backflow of sewage on the sanitary sewer line during a flood or sewer blockage, and have no connection with potable water....
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    sewage treatment plants without disinfection steps, sanitary sewer overflows and combined sewer overflows (CSOs) during storm events and intensive agriculture...
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  • sources other than domestic wastewater, entering sanitary sewers. I/I causes dilution in sanitary sewers, which decreases the efficiency of treatment, and...
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    Storm drain (redirect from Storm sewer)
    outlet, where water from the top of the catch basin reservoir overflows into the sewer proper. The catchbasin serves much the same function as the "trap"...
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    rainfall and inadequate maintenance can lead to combined sewer overflows or sanitary sewer overflows, i.e., more or less diluted raw sewage being discharged...
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    Sewage treatment (redirect from Sewer plant)
    During high precipitation periods a sewer system may experience a combined sewer overflow event or a sanitary sewer overflow event, which forces untreated sewage...
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    than 37 billion US gallons (1.4×1011 L) of combined sewer overflows (CSOs) and sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) from entering area waterways, including Lake...
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    Even if accumulated FOG does not escalate into blockages and sanitary sewer overflows, it can disrupt wastewater utility operations and increase operations...
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    environmental and fiscal) of using VCP in sanitary sewers is its long service life. As Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSOs) have become an area of concern for...
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    Periodically the sewage systems of Paris experience a failure known as sanitary sewer overflow, often in periods of high rainfall. Under these conditions, untreated...
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  • maintaining adequate functioning systems. Combined sewer overflows (CSO) and sanitary sewer overflows affect the quality of water resources in many parts...
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    combined-sewer overflow (CSO) phenomenon. Sanitary sewage solids can either go through the system or settle out in laminar flow portions of the sewer to be...
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  • The Central Contra Costa Sanitary District (CCCSD), also called Central San, provides sanitary sewage transport and treatment for the central portion...
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    standards, the Baltimore city sewage collection system experiences sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) during large rainstorms, which can cause excessive pollutant...
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    failure of the pumping station, a backup in the sewer system can occur, leading to a sanitary sewer overflow—the discharge of raw sewage into the environment...
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  • an astronomical observatory in Australia Solar System Object Sanitary sewer overflow, when untreated sewage is discharged into the environment Senior...
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    number of bacteria introduced into the river from untreated sewage, sanitary sewer overflow, agricultural runoff, leaking septic tanks, etc. The river has...
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