Stormwater and Wastewater Paper Coverage

Oct 27, 2017

The Climate Change and Stormwater and Wastewater Systems report, commissioned by the Deep South National Science Challenge, highlights infrastructure issues Aotearoa New Zealand may face as it grapples with “increasingly severe risks” of extreme rainfall, storm surges, sea level rise and drought. The media coverage was considerable:

• Climate change: Sea level rise inevitable - Newshub
• Climate change will hammer New Zealand's drainage systems - Newshub
• Climate change could overwhelm sewer systems by Jamie Morton at NZ Herald
• Country's water infrastructure can't handle strain of climate change, report finds by Ged Cann at stuff.co.nz
• Imagine Edgecumbe, but far more often: Climate-proofing our valuable water infrastructure - The Spinoff
• Interview with Iain White - NBR Radio
• NZ could be in with billion dollar bill replacing pipes affected by climate change - report - TVNZ
• Stormwater systems vulnerable to effects of climate change - NZ Herald
• NZ City infrastructure won't cope with climate change - NBR (paywalled)
• Climate change challenge for water systems - NZ City
• New report sets focus for storm and wastewater infrastructure - RMLA NZ
• ICNZ welcomes buried problem coming to light - Insurance Council of NZ
• Maintaining resilient infrastructure in the face of climate change - Asia Pacific Infrastructure