Why Sewers Around the World Keep Overflowing
The old combined sewer systems of many major cities are no match for modern storms and impermeable surfaces.
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To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:
- Combined Sewer System: Sewers designed to collect domestic sewage and storm runoff in the same wastewater pipe.
- Wastewater Treatment Plant: A facility that filters and cleans wastewater before sending it into nearby waterways.
- Combined Sewer Overflow: When the wastewater in a combined sewer system exceeds a certain limit, it bypasses the wastewater treatment plant and goes directly into nearby waterways.
- Extreme Rainfall: Storms that cause the wettest days of the year in a particular geographic area.
- Invasive Species: Any kind of organism that gets introduced to a new environment and causes harm.
- Deep Tunnel Project: A $3 billion civil engineering megaproject designed to reduce flooding in the metropolitan Chicago area.
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