Sewage overflow is an issue in the U.S.
The EPA estimates that each year as many as 75,000 sanitary sewers overflow across the country, dumping untold gallons of untreated sewage into U.S. Waterways.
The City of Columbus in 2005 adopted a plan to address the overflow by expanding the size of the sewers.
A decade later, the city changed course, deciding instead to reduce the amount of storm water before it reaches the sewers.
Rain gardens play a big role.
Today on All Sides with Ann Fisher: sewer runoff and rain gardens.
Guests:
- Leslie Westerfelt, spokeswoman, Blueprint Columbus
- Amy Dutt, Owner, Urban Wild, Board Member at Appalachia Ohio Alliance
- Jay Martin, professor of ecological engineering, Ohio State University