ABSTRACT
The Storm and Combined Sewer Pollution Control Research, Development, and Demonstration Program (SCSP) was initiated back in 1964. The research effort is directed by the Storm and Combined Sewer Technology Program located in Edison, New Jersey. The mission of the SCSP was to develop methods for controlling pollution from urban stormwater discharges and combined sewer overflows (CSO), and excessive inflow and infiltration. About 300 projects totaling approximately $150 million have been awarded under the United States. Environmental Protection Agency research program which resulted in approximately 320 final reports. In Long Island, New York, stormwater runoff was identified as the major source of bacterial loading to marine waters and the indirect cause of the closing of about one-fourth of the shellfishing area. The concept of a simplified continuous receiving water quality model was developed in the nationwide evaluation of CSO's and urban stormwater discharges project and refined into a user's manual during a subsequent project.
