This has been in the news a little bit lately in Omaha also since our sewage
system just dumps into the Missouri River when storms cause it to overrun.
I don't remember the exact numbers, but probably something like 15-25% of
the city has combined storm and sanitary sewers (the older parts of the
city). By October, 2009 the city has to have a construction schedule
figured out, and construction has to be finished by 2024. I haven't heard
all the details yet but I believe they're just going lay separate sewer line
everywhere that they're now combined. There's going to be a whole lot of
diggin' goin' on for the next 17 years!
Mike Frerichs
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Lye
>
> In addition to the cities mentioned by Phil, Providence RI is doing
> this same thing right now. The digging of the underground caverns/
> tunnels is impressive from the video I've seen and the project is
> fascinating to follow. See the following link for more details:
> <http://www.narrabay.com/CSO.asp>
> and
> <http://www.narrabay.com/TBM.asp>
>
> Michael
>
>
> On Oct 31, 2007, at 2:17 PM, pethier@comcast.net wrote:
> <snip>
> > Apparently, New York is planning on following the "store and treat"
> > scheme so they don't have to rip up streets to lay new sewer pipe.
> > I am told that Milwaukee does this, storing all the city combined
> > sewage in underground caverns, then pumping it up to the treatment
> > plant when possible. This is hearsay, as I have not seen
> > Milwaukee's system.
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