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How Have Cities Performed Since Sewer Connection Bans Removed?
Sorted by Number of Reported Incidents
Prepared by Katy Kintzele and Tom Neltner on July 20,2002
City / Facility | Date Ban Removed | Date Ban Issued | Reason Given for Removal of Sewer Connection Ban | Gallons Reported Discharged Since 1997 | Gallons Reported Discharged Since Ban Removed | Number of Reported Incidents Since Ban Removed |
TOTALS | 681,874,657 | 26,932,342 | 229 | |||
Salem | 1998 | Not Available | No Reason Given | 273,738,548 | 17,300 | 49 |
Brazil | 1999, everything but Billville Lift Station | Not Available | No Reason Given | 1,068,900 | 170,000* | 42* |
Utility Center-Main Aboit | 04/24/01; 2/14/01Bittersweet L.S. | 03/28/00 | Sewage treatment plant expansion; new L.S. completed | 105,374,024 | 1,850,180 | 31 |
Holland | No Records | 06/10/94 | Agreed Order with Sewer Ban closed out 01/21/99 | 300,000 | 300,000 | 24 |
Ashley | 07/23/97 | Not Available | No Reason Given | 1,359,000 | 1,359,000 | 15 |
Riley | 11/16/99 | 09/28/95 | No Reason Given | 311,000 | 311,000 | 11 |
Osgood | 03/05/99 | Not Available | No Reason Given | 13,021,000 | 226,000 | 9 |
Lowell | Agreed order closed out 06/18/01 | Agreed Order | No Reasons Given | 225,202,962 | 19,096,387 | 8 |
Ellettsville | 1998 | Not Available | No Reason Given | 1,205,105 | 368,960 | 8 |
Chandler | 04/30/01 | 07/03/95 | New sewage treatment plant 08/00, no overflows since 03/00 | 7,790,500 | 48,500 | 7 |
Hammond, Indpls. Blvd. | 1998 | Not Available | No Reason Given | 3,646,000 | 2,960,000* | 5* |
French Lick | 09/30/99 | 11/01/93 | Agreed Order with Sewer Ban closed out 09/30/99 | 11,827,000 | 0 | 4 |
Otterbein | 03/14/00 | 10/19/93 | New plant: 0.21 avg, 0.97 peak | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Huntington | 1998 | Not Available | No Reason Given | 24,844,700 | 104,700 | 3 |
Middlebury | 05/26/99 | 01/23/98 | New .7MGD WWTP completed | 1,618,622 | 71,419 | 3 |
Kingman | 03/12/01 | 07/06/93 | Flow 50% or less last 2 years | 317,640 | 21,240 | 2 |
Pittsboro | 1998 | Not Available | No Reason Given | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Markle | 04/01/99 | 06/18/75 | New .45 MGD plant operating | 35,656 | 27,656 | 1 |
Elizabethtown | 09/13/01 | 03/28/86 | Last yr:74% of capacity; no capacity Related overflows | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Russiaville | 07/21/99 | 09/09/94 | 10/24/96 letter terminated Sewer Ban due to expansion | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Carriage Estates Sub. | 08/23/00 | 03/03/99 | 32 days of bypass 1998 | 10,214,000 | 0 | 0 |
Southern Hills Estate | 1998 | Not Available | No Reason Given | No Reports | No Reports | No Reports |
Frankton | 1998 | Not Available | No Reason Given | No Reports | No Reports | No Reports |
Linton | 07/03/00 | 04/13/94 | No Reason Given | No Reports | No Reports | No Reports |
* Ban still remains for portions of the sewer system. The gallons and incidents could have occurred in portion still covered by ban. Data insufficient to determine whether the incidents occurred in portion not covered by ban.