Wet Weather Discharges Reference Materials

This page provides identification of the EPA documents relating specifically to wet weather discharges enforcement, a listing of the major settled cases involving wet weather discharges, and links to frequently asked questions and other information sources about wet weather discharges.

Wet Weather Enforcement Documents

Enforcement Alert: EPA Strategically Addressing Raw Sewage Discharges Across Nation to Protect Public, Environment (PDF) Volume 6, Number 1 (EPA 300-N-03-001 )(02/14/03) (74.8K, 4 pp, About pdf)

2000 Storm Water Enforcement Strategy Update (PDF) (02/01/00) (32K, 13 pp, About pdf)

Compliance and Enforcement Strategy Addressing Combined Sewer Overflows and Sanitary Sewer (PDF) (04/27/00) (72K, 17 pp, About pdf)

Enforcement Efforts Addressing Sanitary Sewer Overflows (PDF) (03/7/95) (22K, 2 pp, About pdf)

Addition of Chapter X to the Enforcement Management System Setting Priorities for Addressing Discharges from Separate Sanitary Sewers (PDF) (03/07/96) (22K, 9 pp, About pdf)

Sanitary Sewer Overflows Response Guide (Attachment to Chapter X of the Enforcement Management System Setting Priorities for Addressing Discharges from Separate Sanitary Sewers) (PDF) (03/07/96) (84K, 2 pp, About pdf)

Water Quality Strategy for Animal Feeding Operations (PDF) (03/05/98) (1.2MB, 16 pp, About pdf)

Frequently Asked Questions

Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO) Frequently Asked Questions (Links to EPA's Office of Water)

Major Wet Weather Discharges Settled Cases
(With shortcuts to case information, press releases, complaints, consent decrees, etc.)

Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio, Sewer Overflow Settlement
Water and Sewer Board, City of Mobile, Alabama Civil Judicial Settlement
City of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish Sewer Overflows Civil Settlement
Iowa Beef Packers (IBP), Inc. Multimedia Settlement
Premium Standard Farms (PSF) and Continental Grain Company Civil Settlement
Walmart, Inc. Water Pollution Settlement
City of Youngstown , Ohio, Sewer Overflow Settlement
City of Baltimore, Maryland, Sewer Overflow Settlement
City of Toledo, Ohio, Sewer Overflow Settlement
Koch Industries Leak and Oil Spill Settlement
Amtrak Settlement