American’s wastewater infrastructure needs maintenance.
ASCE Report Card and updates on maintenance costs
The risks to water and wastewater systems are escalating with climate change.
Sea level rise, groundwater intrusion, eutrophication and toxic pollution.
Recent hurricanes and flooding have overwhelmed existing systems.
Houston’s Harvey, Florida’s Irma, and North Carolina’s Florence.
Florida’s failing septic systems are destroying its land and way of life.
Houston’s Harvey, Florida’s Irma, and North Carolina’s Florence.
Isn’t it time to consider alternative systems?
Conclusion is a quick overview of sustainable systems with key resources. Could be rewrite of this page on ecological sanitation systems. Most of those free resources have been updated.
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