Wastewater contamination from illicit discharges and leaking sewer infrastructure in the Great Lakes remains a serious source of pollution in tributaries and nearshore waters. These situations result in substantial surface water contamination, and once located, are considered a high priority by municipalities for rapid repair. One of the major barriers for municipalities responsible for mitigation of these contamination sources is locating them in a time-, labor- and cost-efficient manner. Stormwater sewer systems capture runoff from streets, parking lots and rooftops and discharge water directly to rivers. An illicit connection between the sanitary and the stormwater system is expensive and time intensive to locate with standard methods. The Detection of Wastewater Contamination KDF provided an opportunity for industry leaders to collaborate and discuss current techniques and parameters used to identify wastewater contamination sources, the vision of improvements to technology and practices, and next steps, which are catalogued and highlighted in this document.

Author(s)

Contributing authorsDanny BarkerAnnette DeMariaDeb CaracoSteven R. CorsiJulie KinzelmanBarry LinerSandra L. McLellanLisa McFaddenCheryl Nenn

SourceWater Environment Federation

Project IDWSEC-2019-TR-001

Partner organisationGreat Lakes Protection Fund, National Institues for Water Resources (NIWR), University of Wisonsin-Milwaukee, U.S.G.S

Document typeTechnical Report

PublisherWater Environment Federation

Print publication date Sep, 2019

Volume / Issue

Content sourceWater Environment Federation

First / last page(s)1 - 40

Word count11,611

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CONTENTS

Detection of Wastewater Contaminations

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