Background InformationWashington, North Carolina is a small city of about 10,000 residents situated on the banks where the Tar and Pamlico Rivers meet. The city enjoys excellent access to the riverfront which has been developed into recreational open space with several docks, and is surrounded by marshland, or former marshland. […]
Hannah Locke The city of Tampa’s water system is affected by a variety of growing issues that have increasingly intensified in the last few decades and will continue to if not properly addressed. Tampa’s location on the Gulf Coast of Florida has seen an increase of extreme weather events, including […]
The City of Galveston, Texas faces serious challenges associated with coastal flooding. Climate change poses increasing risks in the form of sea level rise and more severe storms that leave the Island’s infrastructure (particularly wastewater treatment) vulnerable to flooding events that compromise the health and safety of residents as well […]
Background Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa and the largest city in the Western Cape province. Sitting at the feet of the iconic Table Mountain, this port town is the legislative capital of South Africa. Established in 1652 with the arrival of the Dutch settlers as […]
Monterey is located on the Central Coast of California, a few hours south of San Francisco. It is generally a semi-arid area, with rainfall mostly in the winter months, though recent years have exposed the area to greater extremes of both longer droughts (such as the state-wide drought of 2011-2017) […]
INTRODUCTION The focus city of this report is Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland State in north-east Australia, and the third most populous city in Australia with over 1 million residents. Brisbane is a water-smart and water-wise city that “manages water at all stages of the water cycle and is […]
Located in Southern India, Bangalore is the capital city of the state of Karnataka. The city’s population has seen rapid growth in the recent decades. India’s 2011 Census registered 8.5 million people, which at the time was a million more residents than the local water authority was planning for. A […]
By Justin Ritchey A Vulnerable Community Burlington New Jersey is a small and vulnerable coastal community. With the threat of rising sea level and increased flooding events, Burlington will have to seek for innovated solutions to protect its future and current residents. The city’s small tax base, lack of resources, […]
Home to a population of 7.49 million residents, Hong Kong is faced with the pressure to accommodate for increasing water demands amidst problems of freshwater scarcity. The interesting thing is, Hong Kong is not landlocked; it is located next to the China Sea, and has the proximity and access to […]
The City of Sacramento is the state capital of California in the United States of America. Situated in the Central Valley in Northern California, Sacramento is blessed with direct access to surface water from the Sacramento River that flows south from Lake Shasta and the American River that flows west […]