Solution

Strategies for the Lowlands: Slow Streams

This solution addresses storm surge, stormwater runoff, water pollution in Long Island, NY for everyone

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Problem Description

Today, the north/south rivers that empty into Nassau’s bay are crucial less for their natural or recreational functions and more for their capacity to drain and channel stormwater runoff. This runoff is a major contributor to the pollution of the bay, but it also causes flooding: when the rivers rise above the outflow pipes that channel the stormwater into the bay, as often happens in Nassau County, the pipes back up and cause flooding upland.

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Contributed By

  • Interboro Team, Interboro Team
  • Apex
  • Bosch Slabbers
  • Deltares
  • H+N+S
  • Img Rebel
  • Palmbout Urban Landscapes
  • Center For Urban Pedagogy
  • David Rusk
  • Njit Infrastructure Planning Program
  • Project Projects
  • Rfa Investments
  • Tu Delft

Solution Stage

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Making the case4
Business development and evaluation
  • Market sizing, development and testing
  • Business case analysis
  • Identifying cashable savings
  • Prepare to adapt approach, based on evaluation results and user feedback
MEDIUM
  • Grant funding or funding out of investment
MEDIUM
A stronger case with cost and benefit projections developed through practical trials and experiments, involving potential users
Clarity about what warrants implementation and funding

Submitted By

Interboro Team

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