Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO)
Council Action
Advanced recurring CSO project-planning and delivery approvals that support a multi-year, $250 million sewer-separation program
Fiduciary Considerations
Long-horizon fiscal stewardship for a hundreds-of-millions capital program • regulatory compliance and schedule risk under EGLE oversight • financing/affordability discipline • delivery and neighborhood disruption risk across repeated construction seasons • transparency via required public process
Result
Enabled the continuation of Lansing’s long-term CSO sewer-separation work to prevent millions of gallons of untreated sewage from overflowing into the Grand River, Red Cedar River, and ultimately Lake Michigan.
