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EPA/600/X-98/XXX January 1998 Assessment Strategy for Evaluating the Environmental and Health Effects of Sanitary Sewer Overflows from Separate Sewer Systems Melinda Lalor and Robert Pitt Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering The University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama Prepared for The Citizens Environmental Research Institute, Farmingdale, NY EPA Cooperative Agreement No. CX-824848 Project Officer Michael D. Royer Wet-Weather Flow Management Program National Risk Management Research Laboratory Edison, New Jersey 08837 National Risk Management Research Laboratory Office of Research And Development U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Cincinnati, Ohio 45268  Notice The information in this document had been funded wholly or in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under cooperative agreement no. CX-824848 to the Citizens Environmental Research Institute and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Although it has been subjected to the Agency’s peer and administrative review and has been approved for publication as an EPA document, it does not necessarily reflect the views of the Agency and no official endorsement should be inferred. Also, the mention of trade names or commercial products does not imply endorsement by the United States government.  Foreword Today’s rapidly developing and changing technologies and industrial products and practices frequently carry with them the increased generation of materials that, if improperly dealt with, can threaten both public health and the environment. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is charged by Congress with protecting the Nations land, air, and water resources. Under a mandate of national environmental laws, the Agency strives to formulate and implement actions leading to a compatible balance between human activities and the ability of natural systems to support and nurture life. These laws direct the EPA to perform re