Louisville (KY) overwhelmed by 7 inches of rain
August 5, 2009

Louisville, Kentucky, was hit with 7 inches of rain in 24 hours, overwhelming the city's sewers and causing a 1-billion-gallon sewage overflow. Sewage overflows are the focus of a major stormwater-control campaign by the EPA, which has mandated that many urban areas separate their sanitary and stormwater sewers from one another. These projects are extremely expensive -- Louisville's sewer authority is engaged in a project that will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to separate its storm and sanitary sewers, just like Des Moines and Omaha.

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last revised August 2009