Program Spotlights & Video Gallery
CSO Program Milestone Achievements with More to Come
The City of Omaha's regional sewer system serves customers in Douglas and Sarpy Counties. Omaha is one of more than 800 communities nationwide that have combined sewer systems. Some systems, including Omaha's, have combined sewer overflows (CSOs) that must be reduced to improve water quality in local rivers and streams.
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Program SPOTlights
- CSO Program Milestones Achievements with More to Come (PDF, opens in a new tab) – August 2023
- Separating Stream Flows from Combined Sewer Provides System Relief (PDF, opens in a new tab)– May 2023
- CSO Perspectives: Managing Risk – All Projects Have Risk (PDF, opens in a new tab) – Nov. 2022
- Burt-Izard Lift Station Provides Critical Support to System-Wide Operations (PDF, opens in a new tab) – Aug. 2022
- Sewer Collection System Model (PDF, opens in a new tab) – May 2022
- CSO LTCP Update Approved with Efficiencies, New Path Forward (PDF) – Nov. 2021
- Updated Public Website Streamlines CSO Program Information (PDF, opens in a new tab) – Aug. 2021
- Long Term Control Plan Updates Lead to Improved Efficiency for Omaha's CSO Program (PDF, opens in a new tab) – May 2021
- CSO Program Makes Significant Improvements to Water Quality, Infrastructure (PDF, opens in a new tab) – Feb. 2021
- Model Indicates Missouri River Water Quality (PDF, opens in a new tab) – Nov. 2020
- SEB Spotlight: Contour Construction (opens in a new tab) – Nov. 2020
- CSO Program Adapts to COVID-19 Impacts (PDF, opens in a new tab) – Aug. 2020
- MRWRRF Operationally Complete (PDF, opens in a new tab) – May 2020
- Collector Tunnel System Geotechnical Borings; Partnership with University of Nebraska-Lincoln Benefits CSO Program (PDF, opens in a new tab)– Apr. 2020
- Runoff Restoration: A local park was restored in Nebraska to aid in reducing the overflow of raw sewage (PDF, opens in a new tab) – Storm Water Solutions Magazine, Feb. 2020
- Optimization Task to Set Future Course for Program (PDF, opens in a new tab) – Nov. 2019
- 2019 Flood Impacts on CSO Program Efforts (opens in a new tab) – Aug. 2019
- Omaha’s Sewer Rate Increases are Lower than Projected (PDF, opens in a new tab)– Aug. 2019
- South Interceptor Force Main Project Construction (PDF, opens in a new tab) – May 2019
- Saddle Creek Retention Treatment Basin Project Benefits from Re-Engineering Benefits (opens in a new tab) – Feb. 2019
- RNC Program Compliments CSO Program Efforts (PDF, opens in a new tab) – Nov. 2018
- CSO Consent Order Amended (PDF, opens in a new tab) – Aug. 2018
- Green Infrastructure Benefits Omaha’s CSO Program (PDF, opens in a new tab) – May 2018
- South Interceptor Force Main Project: North Segment Construction (PDF, opens in a new tab) – Feb. 2018
- Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Improvements (PDF, opens in a new tab)– Nov. 2017
- Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality Approves Long Term Control Plan Modifications (PDF, opens in a new tab) – Aug. 2017
- Fontenelle Park Project (PDF, opens in a new tab) – May 2017
- Focus on Safety (PDF, opens in a new tab)– Feb. 2017
- Spring Lake Park Project (PDF, opens in a new tab)– Nov. 2016
- Adams Park Wetlands Improvement Project (PDF, opens in a new tab)– Aug. 2016
- New Municipal Headworks for the Missouri River WWTP Improvements–Schedule B1 Project (PDF, opens in a new tab)– June 2016
- Change, Growth On the Horizon (PDF, opens in a new tab) – Lauritzen Gardens Newsletter, Fall/Winter 2012
Video Gallery
Infraestructura verde
Esta animación de dos minutos, sugerida para niños mayores de 10 años, explica qué es la infraestructura verde, dónde se puede ver en nuestra comunidad y cómo contribuye a la OSC. El objetivo del programa es reducir las bacterias en nuestros ríos y arroyos.
INSTALACIONES DE CSO
Este video explica los pasos del tratamiento de aguas residuales combinadas en la Instalación de Recuperación de Recursos Hídricos del Río Missouri y cómo otras instalaciones del área funcionan para mejorar la calidad del agua de nuestro río y arroyos.
Reseña del programa
Esta animación de dos minutos, sugerida para niños de 10 años en adelante, ofrece una descripción general del Programa CSO, lo que sucede cuando llueve y lo que está haciendo la Ciudad para evitar que las bacterias entren en nuestros ríos y arroyos.
Separación de alcantarillado
Esta animación de tres minutos, sugerida para niños mayores de 10 años, explica la historia del sistema de alcantarillado de Omaha, lo que sucede cuando está sobrecargado por el clima húmedo y ¡cómo los proyectos de separación de alcantarillado contribuyen al CSO El objetivo del programa de reducir las bacterias en nuestro río y arroyos.