Abstract
A.Olinski. From Combined Sewer Systems to Sustainable Green Infrastructure Solutions
99 pages, 11 tables, 97 figures, 2013
This study examines an alternative approach to addressing a combined sewerage overflow (CSO) problem for the City of Syracuse, New York. The City proposed to install a centralized processing facility to serve a 2,300 acre urban and suburban watershed containing twenty-one active CSOs. The study investigated using distributed small scale site related green infrastructure interventions in place of the centralized processing facility, to mitigate stormwater runoff. The study found that distributed placement of numerous small green stormwater management installations could achieve the needed CSO reductions to the degree that centralized supplemental waste water processing is no longer required. The study also shows that distributed green infrastructure adds additional amenities to neighborhoods and the community setting in general, making them a highly preferred solution to CSO management.