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Controlling combined sewer overflows (animation)

The following animation explains what is a combined sewer system, what happens when it rains, and how you can control combined sewer overflows, including CSO storage and CSO treatment.

Related information

View current CSO Control Project (Puget Sound Beach CSO Control Project)
View status of CSO Control Projects (completed, new and recent, future).

King County animations (wastewater treatment)

South Treatment Plant, Renton
West Point Treatment Plant, Seattle

External links

Download free Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Flash Player, Wikipedia article
Combined sewer, Wikipedia article
Other CSO animations

City of Atlanta, Department of Watershed Management, GA (scroll down page)
City of Bremerton, WA
3 Rivers Wet Weather Demonstration Progam, PA

Updated: Nov. 19, 2009

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