Flood management measure: Unused sewers

Definition

Many towns and cities have large numbers of unused sewers. It is often too expensive to remove them. Giving those unused sewers a second life for retaining precipitation may be a simple option for realising a precipitation reservoir in an existing situation
(Urban Green-Blue Grids for sustainable and resilient cities, accessed on Sept. 2016).

Co-benefits and impacts

Reduced cost due to the utilisation of existing infrastructures.

Definition (GR)

Πολλές πόλεις και κωμοπόλεις έχουν μεγάλο αριθμό ανενεργών αποχετευτικών δικτύων. Είναι συχνά πάρα πολύ κοστοβόρα η αφαίρεσή τους. Η παραχώρηση μιας δεύτερης ευκαιρίας σε αυτούς τους ανενεργούς υπονόμους για τη συγκράτηση της βροχόπτωσης μπορεί να είναι μια απλή επιλογή δημιουργίας μιας δεξαμενής βροχοπτώσεων στην υπάρχουσα κατάσταση
(Urban Green-Blue Grids for sustainable and resilient cities, accessed on Sept. 2016).

Co-benefits and impacts (GR)

Μειωμένο κόστος λόγω της αξιοποίησης των υφιστάμενων υποδομών.

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Time scale

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Land uses

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Flood management measure

The parent measure, in terms of this measure being a subcategory of the parent one

Last modified: Feb. 24, 2020, 7:02 p.m.

Name

Unused sewers

Name (GR)

Ανενεργό αποχετευτικό δίκτυο

 

Application target is adaptation
Water retention or detention
Conventional urban drainage
Source control
Conveyance & Storage Structure