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Addressing Raw Sewage Overflows
The city now has a long-term plan to capture raw sewage overflows during all but a few large storms each year. This plan will protect streams during dry weather and small storms when people are most likely to be using them for recreation.
The plan involves digging a deep tunnel along White River and Fall Creek to capture overflows during a storm. New sewers along Eagle Creek, Pleasant Run, Bean Creek and Pogues Run will capture overflows and direct them to the tunnel and treatment plants.
Underground storage tanks and new sewers also will capture raw sewage that would otherwise flow into the streams. The tunnel and underground tanks will store the sewage until after a storm, when it will be sent to the city’s sewage plants for treatment. In some neighborhoods, the city will separate sewers to eliminate overflows.
Many "early action" projects are already underway or completed.
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