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DETAILS ON THE AKRON SEWER
SERVICE AREA
- The Akron sewer service area serves 96 square miles
containing 1,165 miles of sewers:
- 638 miles of separate sanitary sewers
- 246 miles of storm sewers
- 188 miles of combined sewers
- Flow from all separate sanitary sewers must travel through
combined sewer interceptors in order to reach the Akron Waste Water Treatment Plant.
- Sewer sizes range from 6" in diameter to 90" x
144" basket handle and are made of a variety of materials including clay, concrete,
brick, steel, cast iron, corrugated metal, asbestos cement
- The combined sewer area is approximately 17 square miles
mostly within downtown Akron. This represents approximately 21% of the total Akron sewer
service area.
- There are 39 combined sewer overflows in Akron (38 active, 1
abandoned).
- The City of Akron is not aware of any sanitary sewer
overflows. $25 million has been spent by the City of Akron since 1980 on 24 projects to
eliminate sanitary sewer overflows.
- 30 pump stations
- 11 master meters for tributary communities
- Dry weather flows at the Akron Water Pollution Control
Station averaged 68.8 million gallons per day (MGD) in 1980 and 53.7 MGD in 1997. The
Akron Water Pollution Control Station is designed to treat an average daily flow of 90
MGD.
- The Akron service area consists of the following a major
network of combined sewer interceptors:
- Camp Brook Interceptor Sewer
- Little Cuyahoga Interceptor Sewer
- Ohio Canal Interceptor Sewer
- North Side Interceptor Sewer
- Main Outfall Interceptor Sewer
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