Case Study

Fine screens are an integral part of cost-effective CSO management

Fine screens are an integral part of cost-effective CSO management

Problem Back in the late 1980s, the Village of Deerfield, Illinois, with a population of 17 ,000, assessed its wastewater and conveyance needs. The municipality had a separate sanitary sewer system, but the sewers were subject to large amounts of infiltration and inflow during storm events. The high flow rates overloaded the sewers and treatment plant, resulting in surcharged sewers, basement back-ups and occasional discharge of untreated

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