SD40 - Combined Sewer Overflows in the Commonwealth

  • Published: 1990
  • Author: Joint Subcommittee
  • Enabling Authority: Senate Joint Resolution 198 (Regular Session, 1989)

Executive Summary:
The 1989 Session of the General Assembly passed Senate Joint Resolution No. 198 which authorized the establishment of a joint subcommittee to study combined sewer overflows (CSOs) in the Commonwealth. The subcommittee was composed of fifteen members who were appointed in the following manner: four members of the House of Delegates, three of whom are members of the House Committee on Appropriations; three members of the Senate, two of whom are members of the Senate Committee on Finance; the Secretaries of Finance and of Natural Resources; and six citizen members, appointed by the Governor, to represent the business, professional, engineering, and environmental communities.

The joint subcommittee was specifically charged with determining:

• the need for CSO controls in Virginia's cities, especially the Cities of Richmond, Lynchburg, and Alexandria;

• the financial impacts of these plans on the localities; and

• the appropriateness of providing state grant funds to these localities to assist them in implementing CSO controls.