Rising Waters, Rising Threat: How Climate Change Endangers America’s Neglected Wastewater Infrastructure
- Abstract
This report recommends taking the following steps to keep American waters clean and protect public health from disruptions and overflows in wastewater treatment systems: Integrate climate risk into all new wastewater infrastructure; Finance resilience improvements through state infrastructure banks; Prioritize resilience in state revolving-fund investments, accounting for regional differences in climate change vulnerability; Invest in green infrastructure and the protection and restoration of wetlands and coastal ecosystems to protect and supplement wastewater treatment systems.
- Resource Type
- Report
- Authors
- Ben Bovarnick Shiva Polefka Arpita Bhattacharyya
- Date
- October, 2014
- Institution
- Center for American Progress
- Organization Type
- Ngo
- Climate and Environmental Impact
- Water
- Solution
- Disaster preparedness