Green infrastructure includes rain gardens, bio-swales, green roofs, and detention ponds that mimic natural processes to ...

IOWA CITY - University of Iowa researchers have designed and built a model of a city sewer system that is planned to be the largest of its kind in the world. The university's IIHR-Hydroscience and ...

Older coastal cities, like Philadelphia, New York and Boston are at risk of being inundated by untreated sewage during floods. Due in part to the design of their combined sewer systems and in part due ...

Climate change has been driving the rise of extreme weather conditions in recent years, placing immense strain on urban infrastructure such as sewer systems. Compromised sewer systems can lead to ...

Sarnia is creating a model of its storm sewer system to better identify where heavy rainfall is leading to flooding and what can be done. Forming the plan involves collecting data by flow monitoring ...

This floor drain in a Waterloo basement shows the most common type of cross connection between foundation drains and the sanitary sewer. The clay tiles entering the pit near the bottom left and right ...