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National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)

NPDES SSO Technical Reports and Materials

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Guide for Evaluating Capacity, Management, Operation, and Maintenance (CMOM) Programs at Sanitary Sewer Collection Systems (PDF)(126 pp, 3 MB)
Optimizing Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation of Sanitary Sewer Collection Systems (PDF)(229 pp, 1 MB, December 2003)
CMOM Program Self Assessment Checklist (PDF)(27 pp, 163 K)
Optimization of Collection System Maintenance Frequencies and System Performance (PDF)(146 pp, 852 K)