State-developed initiatives are solving pressing challenges, both in protecting human health and the environment and in enhancing operations within agencies themselves. From incorporating new technologies in data tracking and permitting…
Indiana
Indiana’s Combined Sewer Overflow Tracking Project
The Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) group of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM)/Office of Water Quality (OWQ)/Permits Branch developed a database module to track Long Term Control Plan (LTCP)…
Tom Easterly, IN, Testifies on U.S. EPA Consent Decrees
This testimony addresses the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s use of “consent decrees,” and the impact this has on the operations of state environmental agencies.
2012 State Innovations
This report looks at how states are devising a variety of forward-thinking solutions to pressing challenges, with approaches range from simple to complex, and from narrowly focused to cross-media in…
Indiana’s Combined Sewer Overflow Tracking Tool
The Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) group of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM)/OWM/Permits Branch is using a new CSO tool to track Long- Term Control Plan (LTCP) milestones, internal…
