Despite more than 20 years of Uni-Gov, Indianapolis tried to carve up the city when setting its Long-Term Control Plan goals. Instead of basing its economic hardship analysis on the entire city, Indy picked the poorest area — Center Township — and concluded that it could afford to capture no more than 85% of its sewage flow. Yet, the plan shows that 96% capture is cost effective. And the economic analysis for the whole city, as required by EPA and IDEM, could afford to do more than a 96% capture rate.

Unfortunately, Center Township has traditionally borne the brunt of combined sewer overflows and will endure most of the disruption from sewer improvements. To minimize the impact on the economic health of Center Township, the city proposes to effectively institutionalize sewage in the township’s streams as well as the corresponding public health threats. EPA directed Indy to revise its plan to cover the entire service area and more fully evaluate their sewers. IDEM still has not issued Indy’s NPDES permit.

For more information on IKE's efforts to reduce sewage in our streams.

For more information on IKE's CSO Scoring System for LTCPs.

For more information on IKE's Citizen's Petition to stop increases of sewage in our streams by IDEM.