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Office of Inspector General

Report: EPA Needs to Track Whether Its Major Municipal Settlements for Combined Sewer Overflows Benefit Water Quality

Report #15-P-0280September 16, 2015

What We Found

By tracking environmental results, the EPA can show how the $32 billion that communities are spending to address discharges of untreated sewage and contaminated stormwater improves water quality.

Report Materials​​

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