Public invited to attend Peoria Clean River Committee to review solutions on April 29th
Posted by Debbie Adlof on April 23rd, 2008
The City of Peoria Clean River Committee will meet on Tuesday, April 29th, to review technologies and methods that could be used to reduce sewer overflows into the Illinois River. The meeting will be open to the public.
The meeting will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Universalist Unitarian Church, 300 W. Richwoods Blvd., Peoria. Agenda items will also include an update on negotiations with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA).
Since last year, the City of Peoria has been studying the impact of sewer overflows on the
Illinois River and also how the sewer system and treatment plant function during wet weather, when overflows occur. Using the results of that study, the City is now looking at available solutions for controlling overflows. The Clean River Committee will review and provide comments on the city’s analysis to date. Public meetings also will be held later this year when a more detailed analysis has been completed.
The Clean River Committee was formed in May 2007 to provide advice and recommendations to the Peoria Department of Public Works as it develops a long-term plan to control combined sewer overflows and protect the Illinois River.
U.S. EPA and IEPA are requiring cities with combined storm-and-sanitary sewers, like Peoria, to develop long-term plans to comply with the Clean Water Act and state sewage treatment requirements. This plan must be submitted by December 2008.
For updated information about the combined sewer project and overflow warnings, visit the project Web site at www.peoriacso.org.