November 3, 2008
Monday Headlines: Providence Nears Completion of CSO Separation
The $359-million project to solve much of Rhode Island’s combined sewer overflow (CSO) problem is finally complete. Construction included drilling through solid rock 300 feet under downtown Providence. It has been the biggest, and longest-running, public works project in state history. The city’s CSO problems began more than 100 years ago, when city officials chose to combine the city’s storm water sewer lines with their new sanitary sewer lines.
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A number of streets are closed in Troy, New York after an apparent water main break flooded the downtown area.
Several homes in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia were flooded and had to be evacuated after a 30-inch main broke causing thousands of gallons of water to pour into the street.
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Lathrop, California
Laurel, Mississippi
