Akron staff outline CSO work and say regulators are open to alternatives to costly EHRT plant City wastewater staff described real-time control, CMOM cycles and tunnel projects that have reduced overflows and said regulators (Ohio and US EPA) are engaged as the city explores meeting consent-decree obligations without building a projected $265 million enhanced treatment plant.

Akron's wastewater team is making strides in reducing sewer overflows and exploring innovative alternatives to a costly treatment plant—could this be the breakthrough we need?

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