The rouge project: building institutional and regulatory frameworks encessary for watershed approaches to wet weather pollution management

摘要

Wayne County's Rouge River National Wet Weather Demonstration Project (Rouge Project) is a comprehensive program to restore the water quality and beneficial uses of the Rouge River, a tributary to the Detroit River in southeast Michigan which has been designated as a significant source of pollution to the Great Lakes system along the border between the United States and Canada. The Rouge River Watershed is largely urbanized, spans approximately 438 square miles, and is home to over 1.5 million people in 48 communities and 3 counties. Sources of polution to the river include industrial and municipal point sources, stormwater runoff, combined sewer overflows (CSOs), interflow from abandoned dumps, and resuspension of contaminated sediment. Approximately 50percent of the watershed are served by separate sewer systems, with an additional 20percent of the watershed served by combined sewers and the remaining area unsewered.