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规范类型 | 其他 |
Infographic: Flush Floods | |
Ben Bovarnick; Shiva Polefka; Pete Morelewicz; Arpita Bhattacharyya | |
发表日期 | 2014-12-01 |
出版年 | 2014 |
语种 | 英语 |
概述 | Extreme weather and rising sea levels from climate change pose a serious threat to our aging sewage system and public health. |
目录 | See also: Rising Waters, Rising Threat by Ben Bovarnick, Shiva Polefka, and Arpita Bhattacharyya Modern wastewater infrastructure is a vital part of everyone’s daily lives, protecting Americans from waterborne diseases and preserving the nation’s waterways as ecological, recreational, and commercial assets. When working properly, these pipes and treatment facilities go largely unnoticed. But when extreme weather such as Superstorm Sandy cause treatment facilities to fail and sewers to overflow, the cleanup costs and threats to public health can be severe. As climate change exacerbates the most severe weather and speeds sea-level rise, deficiencies in wastewater infrastructure will become harder to ignore—and increasingly costly to clean up after failures. ![]() Ben Bovarnick is a Special Assistant with the Energy Policy team at the Center for American Progress. Shiva Polefka is a Policy Analyst for the Center’s Ocean Policy program. Pete Morelewicz is the Center’s Art Director. Arpita Bhattacharyya was previously a Policy Analyst for the Energy Policy team at the Center. |
主题 | Energy and Environment |
URL | https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/news/2014/12/01/102238/infographic-flush-floods/ |
来源智库 | Center for American Progress (United States) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/438388 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Ben Bovarnick,Shiva Polefka,Pete Morelewicz,et al. Infographic: Flush Floods. 2014. |
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