Shedding light on sewage
On Monday, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management began posting records of sanitary overflows on its “Compliance Evaluation Section” of its Web site and will update them every Friday. Today the Indianapolis Star reports:
Every year, at least 1 billion gallons of untreated sewage flows into waterways and ditches and onto the ground in neighborhoods all over Indiana.
State law requires cities and towns to notify residents of overflows from combined sewers — when pipes that transport both raw sewage and storm water spill into waterways — but there is no such requirement for overflows from sewers designed to carry only sanitary waste.
