San Diego to Spend $1 Billion To Fix Sewers as Part of Consent Decree.

The article reports that the city of San Diego, California will continue its efforts to alleviate sanitary sewer overflows (SSOS) as part of a consent decree entered into with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The decree requires San Diego to spend $1 billion over the next six years in improving its sanitary sewers. The city's municipal wastewater system comprises 2,800 miles of sewer lines and 84 pumping stations serving 1.2 million residents. The leading causes of SSOS include blockages caused by grease and the tree roots, according to San Diego's Metropolitan Wastewater Department.