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Cities are finally treating water as a resource, not a nuisance
2015-09-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ensia: Memorial Day barbecues and parades were thwarted this year in Houston when a massive storm dumped more than 10 inches of rain in two days, creating a Waterworld of flooded freeways, cars, houses and businesses, leaving several people dead and hundreds in need of rescue. But it was a predictable disaster. Thats because, thanks to a pro-development bent, the magnitude of stormwater runoff has increased dramatically as Houston has sprawled across 600 or so square miles of mud plain veined with rivers,...
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