On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States and a coalition of citizen groups have reached a partial settlement of Clean Water Act litigation against the Washington DC Water and Sewer Authority (WASA), launching an extensive program to reduce illegal discharges of untreated sewage into the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers and Rock Creek.

Enforcement Priorities

• Compliance and Enforcement Strategy Addressing Combined Sewer Overflows and Sanitary Sewer Overflows
   
• Setting Priorities for Addressing Discharges from Separate Sanitary Sewers, March 7, 1996
   
• EPA Region 4's Maintenance, Operation and Management Compliance (MOM) Pilot Program for Permitted Wastewater Facilities (01/23/03)

General Information

• EPA's National Pollutant Discharge System (NPDES) - Sanitary Sewer Overflows

For additional information, contact:

EPA Region 3

Yvette Roundtree
US Environmental Protection Agency-Region III
1650 Arch Street (3RC20)
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029
(215) 814-2635
roundtree.yvette@epa.gov

EPA Headquarters

Sushilla Nanda
US Environmental Protection Agency (2243A)
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20460-0001
(202) 564-4088
nanda.sushilla@epa.gov

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