Combined Sewer Overflow (CSOs)
Combined Sewer Overflow Resource List: Please feel free to email jesi@soiledarchives.com with any questions about any of the resources listed below. Also, consider booking Jesi for a 30, 60, or 90 minute talk or Lunch and Learn on this topic as it relates to waste colonialism, climate catastrophe, and structural violence:
Scientific Reports, Influence of storms on the emission of pollutants from sewage into waters
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-97536-5
American Journal of Public Health, The Environmental Health Impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, A review of combined sewer overflows as a source of wastewater-derived emerging contaminants in the environment and their management
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-021-14103-1
U.S. Geological Survey, How can climate change affect natural disasters?
https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-can-climate-change-affect-natural-disasters#faq
Carbon Brief, Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world
https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-how-climate-change-affects-extreme-weather-around-the-world/
Marine Pollution Bulletin, The presence and significance of microplastics in surface water in the Lower Hudson River Estuary 2016-2019: A research note
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33157348/
Water Research X, Wastewater treatment plants as a source of microplastics to an urban estuary: Removal efficiencies and loading per capita over one year
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6549897/
Frontiers in Environmental Science: Toxicology, Pollution and the Environment, Microplastic Monitoring at Different Stages in a Wastewater Treatment Plant Using Reflectance Micro-FTIR Imaging
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2020.00145/full
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Does Pollution Make Thunderstorms More Severe?
https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=118916
Health Security, Water & Tribes Initiative, Water Is Life: Law, Systemic Racism, and Water Security in Indian Country
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/hs.2021.0034
National Resources Defense Council, The Dangers Our Big Storms Dredge Up
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/dangers-our-big-storms-dredge
Change in microplastic concentration during various temporal events downstream of a combined sewage overflow and in an urban stormwater creek
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/water/articles/10.3389/frwa.2022.958130/full
Government Technology, Cities Swimming in Raw Sewage as Hurricanes Overwhelm Systems
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Impacts of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the microbial landscape of the New Orleans area
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.0610552104
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Microplastics in Combined Sewer Overflows: An Experimental Study
https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/12/1415
Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, A State‐of‐the‐Art Review of Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Pollution
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7187223/
Water Research, Microplastics discharged from urban drainage system: Prominent contribution of sewer overflow pollution
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.119976
Marine Pollution, Plastic After an Extreme Storm: The Typhoon-Induced Response of Micro- and Mesoplastics in Coastal Waters
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.806952/full
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, Combined Sewer Overflows
https://www.epa.gov/npdes/combined-sewer-overflows-csos
Riverkeeper, Combined Sewage Overflows
https://www.riverkeeper.org/campaigns/stop-polluters/sewage-contamination/cso/
Newtown Creek Alliance, Combined Sewage Overflows
https://www.newtowncreekalliance.org/combined-sewer-overflow/
Clean Water Act: EPA Should Track Control of Combined Sewer Overflows and Water Quality Improvements
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-23-105285
Grist, Cities are investing billions in new sewage systems. They're already obsolete.
The Atlantic, Flushing the Toilet Has Never Been Riskier
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/09/americas-sewage-crisis-public-health/405541/
ArcGIS, New York City Department of Environmental Protection, NYC Sewer System
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/0d101320cceb46759335174b76fc4fd4
New York City Department of Environmental Protection, NYC Water Virtual Tours
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/aeff28c65bb646e49cafef340101bbcc
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Soak Up the Rain: What's the Problem?
https://www.epa.gov/soakuptherain/soak-rain-whats-problem
Natural Resources Defense Council, When It Rains, It Pours Raw Sewage into New York City’s Waterways
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/when-it-rains-it-pours-raw-sewage-new-york-citys-waterways
The Presence and Significance of Microplastics in the Lower Hudson River Estuary 2016 – 2019: A Research Note
