Climate-Change Challenges Motivate Coastal Operators

With an eye on rising seas, a report in Rhode Island offers a long list of wastewater infrastructure recommendations
Climate-Change Challenges Motivate Coastal Operators
The West Warwick Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility saw unprecedented flooding in 2010, as the Pawtuxet River crested at more than two times its flood stage. Now, industry professionals are looking at ways to address the impacts of climate change with infrastructure upgrades. —Photo Courtesy of the State of Rhode Island

Climate change has created new challenges for wastewater plant operators, and those tests are likely to increase. But thanks to recent research, Rhode Island is gearing up for the task.

A new study has examined the potentially accelerated risks climate change poses to the...

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