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United Consulting served as the design engineer for the Eagle Creek CSO Reduction Project. United was responsible for the design of consolidation sewers, diversion structures, drop shaft connections to the deep tunnel, screen and gate structures, and system controls. Ross Claypool Park improvements were also incorporated into the project, including a new basketball court, parking lot, and walking trail.
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The following story originally aired on WTHR Channel 13 news. It provides an overview of the Citizens Energy Group LTCP which is being executed to overcome the problem of excessive raw sewage flowing into local waterways.