Objective

Drain wetlands.

Description

Construction of different system of water drainage among wastewater and rainwater.

Expected results

Creating a buffer in the existing system for the rising number of heavy rain events.

Result indicators

Water flow [m³]
Sewage system [km]

Involved actors

Public Administration, private entities, environmental technicians, builders.

Expected timeline for action

• Long term (> 10 years)

Best practices

• Bottrop – Germany
• Vancouver – Canada
• Alexandria – US

Criticalities

Existing protected landscape, existing system to modify, water legislation.

Scope of the action

• Adaptation

Type of proposed actions

• Grey

Sector of action

• Agriculture / Forests / Land use
• Biodiversity / Conservation of ecosystems
• Public health
• Water resource management

Climate impacts

• Change or loss of biodiversity
• Drought
• Extreme precipitation
• Extreme temperatures
• Floods
• Salinization and acidification of water

Implementation scale

• Municipality

Source

http://www.future- cities.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf/FC_AdaptationCompass_Supplement_web.pdf