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Research Plans
Innovation and Research for Water Infrastructure for the 21st Century, Research Plan (PDF) (79 pp, 332 KB) (600/X-09/003) April 2007
Urban
Infrastructure Research Plan: Water and Wastewater Issues
1998
As we approach the twenty-first century, we should be considering
where we are today and where the consequences of our actions will
place us tomorrow. This is especially true in the management of our
aging and growing infrastructure. Infrastructure facilitates movement
of people and goods, provides adequate safe water for drinking and
other uses, provides energy where it is needed, removes wastes, and
generally supports our economy and quality of life. The demand for
infrastructure worldwide is huge, approximating $3 trillion annually.1
Many areas of the world are currently experiencing rapid growth, with
the associated need for their infrastructure to support that growth.
At the same time, developed areas are replacing old and obsolete
infrastructures to meet existing and future requirements. Besides the
need to address the immediate problems associated with infrastructure,
there is a need to make fundamental changes in the way infrastructure
is designed, built, utilized, maintained and renewed if we are to
achieve economic growth while preserving and enhancing environmental
quality...Continue
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Risk
Management Research Plan For Wet Weather Flows
1996
This plan was prepared by the National Risk Management Research
Laboratory (NRMRL) of EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD) to
guide wet weather flow (WWF) research for the next five years. It supports
the
priority research questions and needs of the Office of Water (OW) and
has been peer-reviewed by two professional organizations engaged in WWF
research. The group responsible for the Agency's WWF research is the
Urban Watershed Management Branch (UWMB) of NRMRL's Water Supply and
Water Resources Division (WSWRD). The plan will be updated jointly between
OW and
ORD annually...Continue Reading.