Leaky Pipes (CM | 1.5)
2013-10-18 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Online Webinar, United States
Leaking underground water infrastructure is posing increasing public health threats. Planners have recently rediscovered our roots in public health, but the problem of leaking underground infrastructure has not captured the attention of the planning profession. To the extent that aging water infrastructure is studied at all, it is primarily in the context of cities in developing regions, not in the U.S. Although APA and some other civic leadership organizations have highlighted the state of deterioration of U.S. water infrastructure, much greater attention has been paid to the efforts to implement green infrastructure. The buried infrastructure of pipes is out of sight, and seemingly out of mind as well.
The presentation is based on water quality research conducted by other scholars and practitioners in the Milwaukee metro area, a literature review, and interviews by Nancy Frank with a small sample of planning directors in southeast Wisconsin.
This presentation describes the scope of the problem in terms of public health risks. federal and state drinking water, water quality, and stormwater laws require permittees to address leaky infrastructure, but local implementers often interpret these requirements in ways that ignore the potential infectious disease risk posed. Planners arguably have a role to play in quantifying the magnitude of the challenge and identifying cost-effective strategies for making accelerated progress in repairing our aging pipes in order to reduce the risk of infectious disease, reduce costs, assure a fair and equitable distribution of costs, and identify innovative programs to achieve these goals.
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Webinar: Planning for Innovation in Waste Management and Recycling (CM | 1.5)
2012-02-10 13:00 - 14:30 | Webinar, United States
As communities struggle to balance their budgets, innovative waste management and recycling approaches can help shore up the bottom line while creating local business opportunities. Join Andrew Dane, Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc (SEH), and Dr. John Katers, UW-Green Bay, to learn how planners can help communities identify and implement waste re-use opportunities, rural ag/waste to energy opportunities, and recycling best practices. Hear how leaders in Brown County, WI brought a variety of stakeholders together through the “Brown County Waste Transformation Initiative.” Find out how communities can save money through cooperative recycling efforts. Learn about innovative public/private models for anaerobic digestion of farm and municipal organic wastes.
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