Tuesday, June 30, 2026
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Improved estimates of storm water in sewers could help reduce flooding

Recent University of Toronto Ph.D. graduate Gabrielle Migliato Marega (CivMin) has developed an improved tool for estimating how much water from heavy rains ends up in sanitary sewers. The tool is particularly useful in areas where accurate data about sewer flow rates is difficult to find, such as i...

Improved estimates of storm water in sewers could help reduce flooding
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Recent University of Toronto Ph.D. graduate Gabrielle Migliato Marega (CivMin) has developed an improved tool for estimating how much water from heavy rains ends up in sanitary sewers. The tool is particularly useful in areas where accurate data about sewer flow rates is difficult to find, such as in low- and middle-income countries, where many new sewer systems are being built.

Originally published at Phys.org

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