Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) definition

Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) means a discharge to the environment from a combined sewer system;
Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) means (a) the event during which excess combined sewage flow caused by inflow is discharged from a combined sewer, rather than con- veyed to the sewage treatment plant because the capacity of either the treatment plant or the combined sewer is exceeded.
Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) means a discharge from combined sewer system to a receiving water of the United States prior to reaching the publicly owned treatment works treatment plant.

Examples of Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) in a sentence

  • The Illinois EPA and U.S. EPA are jointly reviewing the permit required Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) public notification plans for both MWRDGC and the City of Chicago.

  • Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) permits currently expired or expiring through 2005 are high priority permits and Illinois EPA will provide draft major permits to Region 5 for review and will issue the permits during 2005.

  • MWRDGC advisory sign posting is interdependent with the posting of their permit required CSO outfall signs (see section below on Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) public notification plans).

  • On June 1, 2011, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania approved the City of Philadelphia’s Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Long Term Control Plan Update (LTCPU) and its supplements, as amended through negotiations with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP).

  • Because a GSI-centered approach to Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) control is relatively new at the scale planned and executed by PWD, the Pilot Program was designed to test the feasibility and measure the effectiveness of GSI under a range of potential conditions.

  • The sewer model indicates that at a minimum, a new 24 inch diameter siphon barrel will be needed in order to increase the siphon capacity from 1.2 million gallons per day (MGD) currently to 7.8 MGD to accommodate additional Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO )dry weather flows in Michigan Avenue.

  • As of June 1, 2016, the City’s Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) volume has been reduced by 1,710MG from the baseline based on the COA documented typical year precipitation pattern.


More Definitions of Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO)

Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) means flow from a combined sewer in excess of the interceptor or regulator capacity that is discharged into a receiving water without going to a WWTF. A CSO occurs prior to reaching a WWTF and is distinguished from bypasses which are intentional diversions of waste streams from any portion of a WWTF.
Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) means flow from a combined sewer that is discharged into a receiving water without going to a treatment works. A CSO is distinguished from bypasses which are diversions of waste streams from any portion of a treatment works.
Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) means a discharge to the environment from a Combined Sewer system that usually occurs as a result of precipitation when the capacity of the combined sewer is exceeded.
Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) means (a) the event during which excess combined sewage flow caused by
Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) means a discharge of untreated sewage to