Albany Pool Communities
Combined Sewer Overflow Project

The Planning Commission has taken the lead in organizing a consortium to develop a comprehensive inter-municipal Phase I Long-Term Control Plan (LTCP) for Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO: overflows from combined storm & sanitary sewers) discharging into the Hudson River Estuary. The participating Albany Pool communities are the Albany Water Board; the cities of Cohoes, Rensselaer, Troy and Watervliet; and the Village of Green Island. Each community currently has its own State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) permit.

On their behalf, CDRPC received approval for two grants from the N.Y.S. Environmental Protection Fund totaling $2.45 million. The Albany Pool communities have also received approval for two grants totaling $673,293 from the NYS Department of State’s Shared Municipal Services Incentive program and an $80,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.. The estimated full cost to prepare the LTCP is approximately $5,000,000.

The Albany Pool of the Hudson River currently has 92 Combined Sewer Overflow points. Combined sewer systems are designed to discharge directly to surface bodies of water such as rivers, estuaries, and coastal waters during wet weather when total flows exceed the capacity of the combined sewer system or the treatment plant. Preparation of the Long-Term Control Plan will be consistent with New York State’s goals for a cleaner Hudson River and is expected to be completed in 2011.

CSO Progress Reports

—	—	—	2005 Q4
2006 Q1	2006 Q2	2006 Q3	2006 Q4
2007 Q1	2007 Q2	2007 Q3	2007 Q4
2008 Q1	2008 Q2	2008 Q3	2008 Q4
2009 Q1	2009 Q2	2009 Q3	2009 Q4
2010 Q1	2010 Q2	2010 Q3	2010 Q4
2011 Q1	2011 Q2	—	—

CSO Meeting Minutes

Date	Minutes	Presentations
CSO Meeting of 9 Aug 07	CAC Meeting	Albany Pool Organizational Overview (1.6 Mb PDF file) DEC Presentation to CAC (1 Mb PDF file) CSO/LTCP Scope Presentation to CAC (1.9 Mb PDF file) Public Participation Plan (1.3 Mb PDF file)
CSO Meeting of 13 Mar 08	CAC Meeting	CAC Presentation (1 Mb PDF file)
CSO Meeting of 31 Mar 08	Public Meeting	Public Meeting Presentation (1 Mb PDF file) CSO LTCP Brochure (843 Kb PDF file)
CAC Meeting of 30 Mar 09	CAC Meeting	Hudson River Water Quality Assessment (5.3 Mb PDF file)
CAC Meeting of 7 Oct 09	CAC Meeting	Combined Sewer System Current Conditions (2.7 Mb PDF file)
Public Meeting of 10 Nov 09	Public Meeting	Public Meeting Presentation (7.7 Mb PDF file)
CAC Meeting of 22 Nov 10	CAC Meeting	Combined Sewer System Current Conditions (2.7 Mb PDF file)
Public Meeting of 13 Jan 11	Public Meeting	Public Meeting Presentation (4.5 Mb PDF file) Albany Community Television Video (link)
CAC Meeting of 10 May 11	CAC Meeting	Proposed Implementation Schedule (1.0 Mb PDF file)
Public Meeting of 1 Jun 11	Public Meeting	Public Meeting Presentation (2.2 Mb PDF file)