Sanitary sewer overflow
Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) is a condition in which untreated sewage is discharged from a sanitary sewer into the environment prior to reaching sewage treatment facilities. When caused by rainfall it is also known as wet weather overflow. Causes of sanitary sewer overflows include: Blockage of sewer lines, infiltration/Inflow of excessive stormwater into sewer lines during heavy rainfall, malfunction of pumping station lifts or electrical power failure, broken sewer lines. Prevention of such overflow events involves regular maintenance and timely upgrades of infrastructure.
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- enSanitary sewer overflow (SSO) is a condition in which untreated sewage is discharged from a sanitary sewer into the environment prior to reaching sewage treatment facilities. When caused by rainfall it is also known as wet weather overflow. Causes of sanitary sewer overflows include: Blockage of sewer lines, infiltration/Inflow of excessive stormwater into sewer lines during heavy rainfall, malfunction of pumping station lifts or electrical power failure, broken sewer lines. Prevention of such overflow events involves regular maintenance and timely upgrades of infrastructure.
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- enSanitary sewer overflow (SSO) is a condition in which untreated sewage is discharged from a sanitary sewer into the environment prior to reaching sewage treatment facilities. When caused by rainfall it is also known as wet weather overflow. Causes of sanitary sewer overflows include: Blockage of sewer lines, infiltration/Inflow of excessive stormwater into sewer lines during heavy rainfall, malfunction of pumping station lifts or electrical power failure, broken sewer lines. Prevention of such overflow events involves regular maintenance and timely upgrades of infrastructure. SSOs can cause gastrointestinal illnesses (waterborne diseases), beach closures and restrictions on fish and shellfish consumption.
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- Category:Sanitation
- Category:Sewerage
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- Clean Water Act
- Clean Water State Revolving Fund
- Combined sewers
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- Developing countries
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- Ecosystem
- England
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- Fish kill
- France
- Gastrointestinal illness
- Henry VIII of England
- Human error
- Human swimming
- Inflow
- Iran
- Italy
- Japan
- Lift station
- London
- London sewer system
- Marine mammal
- Middle East
- Mollusc
- New York City
- Oakland, California
- Outfall
- Paris
- Pathogen
- People's Republic of China
- Plankton
- Power failure
- Power outage
- Pumping station
- Rainfall
- River Thames
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- Sanitary napkin
- Sanitary sewer
- Sea lion
- Sewage
- Sewage treatment
- Shellfish
- Singapore
- South America
- South Korea
- Stockholm
- Stormwater
- Surface runoff
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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- Washington, DC
- Waterborne diseases
- Water pollution
- Western Europe
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