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Program Spotlights & Video Gallery
CSO Program Milestone Achievements with More to Come
The City of Omaha's regional sewer system serves customers in Douglas and Sarpy Counties. Omaha is one of more than 800 communities nationwide that have combined sewer systems. Some systems, including Omaha's, have combined sewer overflows (CSOs) that must be reduced to improve water quality in local rivers and streams.
Program SPOTlights
- CSO Program Milestones Achievements with More to Come – August 2023
- Separating Stream Flows from Combined Sewer Provides System Relief – May 2023
- CSO Perspectives: Managing Risk – All Projects Have Risk – Nov. 2022
- Burt-Izard Lift Station Provides Critical Support to System-Wide Operations – Aug. 2022
- Sewer Collection System Model – May 2022
- CSO LTCP Update Approved with Efficiencies, New Path Forward – Nov. 2021
- Updated Public Website Streamlines CSO Program Information – Aug. 2021
- Long Term Control Plan Updates Lead to Improved Efficiency for Omaha's CSO Program – May 2021
- CSO Program Makes Significant Improvements to Water Quality, Infrastructure – Feb. 2021
- Model Indicates Missouri River Water Quality – Nov. 2020
- SEB Spotlight: Contour Construction – Nov. 2020
- CSO Program Adapts to COVID-19 Impacts – Aug. 2020
- MRWRRF Operationally Complete – May 2020
- Collector Tunnel System Geotechnical Borings; Partnership with University of Nebraska-Lincoln Benefits CSO Program – Apr. 2020
- Runoff Restoration: A local park was restored in Nebraska to aid in reducing the overflow of raw sewage – Storm Water Solutions Magazine, Feb. 2020
- Optimization Task to Set Future Course for Program – Nov. 2019
- 2019 Flood Impacts on CSO Program Efforts – Aug. 2019
- Omaha’s Sewer Rate Increases are Lower than Projected – Aug. 2019
- South Interceptor Force Main Project Construction – May 2019
- Saddle Creek Retention Treatment Basin Project Benefits from Re-Engineering Benefits – Feb. 2019
- RNC Program Compliments CSO Program Efforts – Nov. 2018
- CSO Consent Order Amended – Aug. 2018
- Green Infrastructure Benefits Omaha’s CSO Program – May 2018
- South Interceptor Force Main Project: North Segment Construction – Feb. 2018
- Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Improvements – Nov. 2017
- Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality Approves Long Term Control Plan Modifications – Aug. 2017
- Fontenelle Park Project – May 2017
- Focus on Safety – Feb. 2017
- Spring Lake Park Project – Nov. 2016
- Adams Park Wetlands Improvement Project – Aug. 2016
- New Municipal Headworks for the Missouri River WWTP Improvements–Schedule B1 Project – June 2016
- Change, Growth On the Horizon – Lauritzen Gardens Newsletter, Fall/Winter 2012
Video Gallery
Adams Park: Construction Time Lapse
This video illustrates construction at the John Creighton Boulevard & Miami / Adams Park Project from September 2014 to June 2016.
Contractors' Project Update
Blake Street Lift Station Improvements (OPW 53270) – Jan. 2021
Contractors' Project Update
Nicholas Street Sewer Extension, Phase 3B (OPW 53753) – Jan. 2021
Contractors' Project Update
Papillion Creek North (PCN) 210 Sewer Separation (OPW 53320) – Oct. 2020
Contractors' Project Update
Monroe Street Lift Station Improvements (OPW 53082) – May 2021
CONTRACTORS' PROJECT UPDATE
CSO 204 Phase 4a – 57th Street & Pratt Street; and Phase 4b – 56th Street & Bedford Avenue (OPW 53820) – August 2021
CONTRACTORS' PROJECT UPDATE
Forest Lawn Creek Inflow Removal and Outfall Storm Sewer Project (OPW52470) – Jan. 2022
Contractors' Project Update
CSO 212 64th Avenue and William Street Sewer Separation Project (OPW 51685) – Oct. 2022
CSO Facilities
This video explains the steps of combined sewage treatment at the Missouri River Water Resource Recovery Facility and how other area facilities work to improve the water quality of our river and streams.
Fontenelle Park Construction
Drone footage courtesy of Black & Veatch – Aug. 2017
Fontenelle Park Construction
Drone footage courtesy of Black & Veatch – Apr. 2017
Fontenelle Park Post Construction
Drone footage courtesy of Black & Veatch – Nov. 2019
Project Update
Cole Creek CSO 204 Area – Phase 3 Combined Sewer Separation (Taylor to Ruggles Between 56th & 61st) – Feb. 2021
Project Update
CSO 202 Phase 2 – 70th Avenue & Spencer Street Project – Feb. 2021
Project Update
Nicholas Street Sewer Extension, Phase 3A and 3B – Jan. 2021
Project Update
Cole Creek CSO 203 Sewer Separation Project
Project Update
Papillion Creek North (PCN) 210 Sewer Separation Project
Project Update
CSO 202 Phase 2 Sewer Separation Project – 70th Avenue & Spencer Street Project – Feb. 2022
PROJECT UPDATE
CSO 212 Sewer Separation Project – 60% Design Public Meeting
PROJECT UPDATE
East Cole Creek Interceptor Rehabilitation Project – Conceptual Design Virtual Public Meeting – Nov. 2022
Project Update
Nicholas Street Sewer Extension, Phase 3A and 3B – March 2023
Project Update
CSO 204 Phase 4 – Design Public Meeting – March 2023
Project Update
Forest Lawn Creek Inflow Removal and Outfall Storm Sewer Project – Pre-Construction Public Meeting – Feb. 2023
SCRTB: Construction Time Lapse
This video illustrates construction progress at the Saddle Creek Retention Treatment Basin Project.
SCRTB: Flyover Rendering
SCRTB: Overview Video
SCRTB: Virtual Walk-Thru
Spring Lake Park
Spring Lake Park, an area once blighted with pollution, became a clean, usable space that matches stormwater retention with public value.
Spring Lake Park: Bringing the Plan to CSO
By creating a dialogue with the neighborhood, the CSO project was designed to suit both the ecological needs of a stormwater retention pond as well as the needs of the community to restore an amenity.
Spring Lake Park: Drone Video
Aug. 2017
Spring Lake Park: Green Infrastructure
CSO has become a best practice for forward-thinking national change by researching and implementing green infrastructure as part of the community’s solution for improving water quality.
Spring Lake Park: Implementing the Plan
CSO worked with the University of Nebraska - Lincoln’s water resource center to plan solutions for how to keep water clean and design the space.
Spring Lake Park: Inspiring Other Cities
This project serves as a strong example for Omaha and beyond of how cities and people can work together to inspire change in their communities.
Spring Lake Park: Planning Before CSO
Thanks to strong neighborhood involvement before the fact, the timing was perfect for CSO and the community to come together on this project.
Spring Lake Park: The Finished Project
After a picturesque reveal at the project’s news conference with the mayor, the diversity of plants and wildlife present added to the project’s success to create a clean, properly functioning green solution in the park.
What is a BioRetention Garden?
What is an RTB?
