Climate-Change Challenges Motivate Coastal Operators

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 state’s wastewater collection and treatment infrastructure. Specifically, it looks at the effects of rising sea levels and the likelihood of more severe rainstorms, which scientists predict will occur as the Earth’s climate continues to change.The report makes about 270 recommendations for improvements to better prepare state treatment plants and pump stations against flooding, storm surge and other