미국 환경보건국(EPA)이 사용자들이 ‘기후 변화에 대한 정부 간 패널’의 현재 기후변화 시나리오를 기반으로 기후 예측을 추가할 수 있도록 하는 최신 폭우 기후변화 툴을 공개했다. 이는 홈통(gutter), 빗물 배수관, 파이프, 채널, 수집 탱크 및 저수조 장치 등 전통적인 인프라를 통해 순환되는 수질을 결정하도록 도울 것으로 기대된다.

 

 

 

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its latest Stormwater Climate Change Tool that will enable users to add climate projections based on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's climate change scenarios to existing simulations. This will help determine the quality of water traveling through traditional infrastructure, such as a system of gutters, storm drains, pipes, channels, collection tanks, or storage devices.

 

The tool also has the ability to model the performance of green infrastructure practices, including permeable pavement, rain gardens and green roofs. Engineers and planners are able to accurately represent any combination of traditional and green infrastructure practices within an area to determine their effectiveness in managing stormwater and combined sewer overflows in their community.

 

"Climate change means increased risks to our health, our economy and our environment," said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. "But with the President's Climate Action Plan, the agency is taking action to advance science-based technology, such as the addition of the Climate Adjustment Tool, to help state and local planners combat the impacts of climate change, especially significant economic burden from severe weather, and protect communities through sustainability and resiliency measures."
 
Stormwater runoff is a major environmental problem resulting in flooding, erosion and contaminated waters. Every year, billions of gallons of raw sewage, trash, household chemicals, fertilizers, and urban runoff flow into our streams, rivers and lakes. Polluted stormwater runoff can adversely affect plants, animals and people.

 

The Climate Adjustment Tool, in addition to other tools in the President's Climate Action Plan Virtual Climate Resilience Toolkit, can help users make planning, analysis and design decisions that will guard against the impacts of climate change. Using these tools to choose the best adaptation options is an innovative and efficient way to promote healthy waters and support more sustainable communities.

 

EPA's Stormwater Management Model is used throughout the world for stormwater runoff reduction planning, analysis and design of combined and sanitary sewers and other drainage systems. Originally released decades ago, the model is now used in thousands of communities throughout the world, including as the core modeling engine in cities such as Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and Seattle.

 

[출처 = Water World / 2015년 2월 13일]