WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 1, 2002 -- EPA released to Congress on January 29, 2002 a report on the Implementation and Enforcement of its 1994 Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Control Policy.
This report, required in the 2000 Wet Weather Quality Act, documents progress made by EPA, States and municipalities in implementing and enforcing the CSO policy.
The report says that while EPA States and municipalities have made significant progress under the policy in controlling CSOs, there are still challenges that must be overcome.
These challenges include finding the resources to implement the CSO control programs necessary to achieve appropriate environmental objectives, integrating the review of water quality standards with the communities' development of their CSO control plans, and the development and implementation of better information management systems for assessing the public health and environmental improvements resulting from these long-term CSO control plans.
For more information, visit http://www.epa.gov/npdes and follow the link for Combined Sewer Overflows.
The report will be available for download on this site beginning Friday, February 1, 2002. Within several weeks, copies of the Report will be available as both hard copy and CD-ROM.
