Jeff Wennberg: Managing sewer overflow events

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Jeff Wennberg, who is commissioner of the City of Rutland Department of Public Works.
Lake Champlain International has adopted an agenda to address the issue of “combined sewer overflows.” While this is commendable, LCI has not fairly represented the facts. If policymakers react to LCI’s hyperbole serious harm to Vermont’s waters may result.
Combined sewer overflows (CSOs) happen when sewer systems that carry both stormwater and