Climate change adaptation for wastewater treatment plants

Designation Number:
S900-1
Standard Type:
Consensus SDO Standard
Standard Development Activity:
New Standard
Status:
Proceeding to development
SDO Comment Period Start Date:
SDO Comment Period End Date:
Posted On:

Scope:

This new standard will address climate change adaptation considerations for wastewater treatment plants, which could include provisions for site selection, geotechnical considerations, flow diversion, backflow prevention, drought considerations, specific considerations for extreme weather events, system protection, erosion control, and retrofit of existing facilities

Project need:

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