Water Management in Urban Areas: How Cedar Rapids Fights Heavy Rains
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Government
Managing how water flows through an urban area like Cedar Rapids is an ongoing challenge, especially as there are more frequent heavy rain events and aging infrastructure can't keep up.
In this video, Cedar Rapids public officials talk about the challenges they face regarding water security and infrastructure in their town.
Attached link
http://www.youtube.com/embed/wU7NWxRyWu4Media
Taxonomy
- Urban Drainage
- Flood Management
- River Engineering
- Urban Water
- River Basin management
- Urban Resource Management
- Water Supply & Drainage
- Water Safety Plan
- Water Supply Design
- Urban Water Supply
- Design & Construction
- Urban Drainage System
- Urban Water Infrastructure
- Utility Management
- Infrastructure Management
- Distribution Network Management
- Flood management
- Flood prediction
- River Engineering
- Flood Risk Management
- Critical Infrastructure Protection
- flood protection
- urban water security
- Water Supply Protection
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Quite interesting approach, especially the concept of going to the source, water management in the city and the watershed. It would be interesting to learn more about your program. Let me ask a few specific questions.
Do you apply the LEED program for buildings? What about pushing for the Platinum LEED standard, with green roofs, blue green infrastructure in cities, would that be a possibility? Did you ever think about tariff splitting between stormwater and domestic wastewater? In Germany this was one of the most effective drivers for stormwater measures being implemented by owners of buildings. What about water quality concerns with respect to infiltration into the groundwater and outlets into the river? Do you have any stormwater treatment in place? Is there any program to mitigate urban heat island effects, e.g. through increased green infrastructure, water retention and evapo-transpiration, that could slow down runoff?
As far as the watershed is concerened, is it possible to increase organic farming respectively add organic matter to the soil with mulching, zero tilling and similar measures? This may be one of the most effective approaches to increase water retention. Reforestation with the right species is possilby another. Do you have a program encouraging Nature Based Solutions instead of technical infrastracture like retention basins, etc.?
Looking forward to reading more.