City Saves Big Money By Using Cloth Media Filters To Treat CSO Discharge

The City of Rushville, Indiana had to remedy a consent order filed in 2007 for its untreated combined sewer overflow (CSO) discharges that were polluting the Flatrock River, a violation of the Clean Water Act. The city originally planned to install a 1 MGD stormwater storage tank, but was approached by Aqua-Aerobic representatives with a pilot test proposal utilizing a new technology.

Read more about this first AquaStorm filter installation in the nation for dual tertiary/wet weather treatment and how it will keep approximately 50 million gallons of raw sewage from entering the nearby Flatrock River, annually.