Indiana Utility Cuts Combined Sewer Overflows

Mishawaka reduces CSOs and protects a valuable waterway by taking a new approach to cleaning and maintenance.
Indiana Utility Cuts Combined Sewer Overflows
Mishawaka Sewer Department Manager Tom Dolly stands by while Gary Isle (center) and John Francis clean a sewer main with a Vactor 2100 Plus. (Photography by Amy Voigt)

Like the basketball teams its state is known for, Mishawaka, Indiana, has changed up its defenses against combined sewer overflows.

Instead of the old grid-mapping system the Department of Sewer Maintenance previously used to clean sewers neighborhood by neighborhood, the...

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