Ohio EPA approves Columbus plan to stop sewage overflows

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has approved a new plan that Columbus says will stop sewage overflows into the region's rivers 10 year sooner and at less cost than a plan the city agreed to in 2005. The EPA approved the plan, called Blueprint Columbus, on Dec. 1, according to a news release this morning from the Columbus Department of Public Utilities. Instead of digging more massive deep tunnels to hold storm water that casuses sewer overflows, the new plan calls for absorbent rain gar