A 50-year storm caused combined sewer overflows in late June. Nearly 700 million gallons were treated and kept out of waterways, while roughly 343 million gallons of diluted flow was discharged into the river, in order to relieve the overwhelmed system.
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Program Progress
100%
Started in 2002
Completed in 2020
The Toledo Waterways Initiative (TWI) program encompasses more than 45 separate projects over the course of 18 years, at a total cost of $529.65 million. This bar shows the construction phase of the program is completed.