Applying storm water management in Greek cities: learning from the European experience

Abstract:The paper presents results of the Life Cycle Cost (LCC) analysis carried out for several variants of rainfall water management in a newly designed multi-family dwelling house. According to the LCC methodology, calculations were performed for the whole undertaking life cycle with both investment outlays and operation/maintenance costs taken into account. The LCC analysis was carried out, in particular, for a variant assuming that the rainwater collected from the roof will be entirely discharged to the sewage system. On the other hand, the second variant provided for replacement of traditional building roof with a green one. Facilities of that type, thanks to their retention properties, may delay runoff of rainwater and reduce the overall quantity of water discharged from roof surface and therefore can be classified as Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems. In the third case considered, rainwater is to be utilised in the building. It was assumed that precipitation water will be stored in a tank and used in the sanitary water supply system for flushing toilets, thus reducing the overall tap water purchase costs.

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“…In Denmark, the stormwater fee is a 40% component of the total cost incurred by citizens in the framework of the so-called drainage fees [13].…”

Section: A Review Of Studies On Rainwater Management Methodsmentioning

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A LCC Analysis of Rainwater Management Variants

Słyś¹,

Stec²,

Zeleňáková³

2012

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

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“…It has been used in the USA since 1987 (Chouli and Deutsch, 2008). Germany, Sweden, Denmark, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom (Chouli et al, 2007) are examples of European countries implementing stormwater fees. Brazil, a developing country comparable in many ways to South Africa, is an example of a developing country considering charging for stormwater management.…”

Section: International Experience With Stormwater Management Feesmentioning

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“…Internationally, an increasing number of cities have set up separate stormwater utilities (SU) and have begun charging the public directly for stormwater management services in order to secure the necessary funding to better manage stormwater and the associated water pollution (Honchell, 1986;Reese, 1996;Keeley, 2007;Chouli et al, 2007;Chouli and Deutsch, 2008;USEPA, 2009;Campbell, 2010;Black & Veatch, 2010;PWD, 2012). This fee can also be used as an incentive for good behaviour on the part of landowners through appropriate rebates/subsidies (Keeley, 2007).…”

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Charging for stormwater in South Africa

Fisher-Jeffes¹,

Armitage²

2013

WSA

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The social, economic and environmental impacts of poor water quality on South Africa's urban aquatic systems are increasingly being highlighted by the media. Improving the water quality in these systems will require catchment-wide strategies, including the monitoring and management of point and non-point source pollution collected in stormwater. Significant costs may be incurred; however, international experience suggests that these are outweighed by the benefits.Municipalities across South Africa charge their citizens for potable water and sewerage. Stormwater management, however, is generally funded through municipal rates. Competition with other pressing needs frequently results in the stormwater departments being significantly under-funded -at times only receiving a tenth of what is required for water quantity management. Internationally, an increasing number of cities have introduced a direct charge for stormwater management in order to secure the funding required to manage stormwater and its associated water pollution, and to serve as a disincentive to polluting practices on the part of landowners. In order to ensure adequate funding for stormwater management in South Africa, municipalities need to consider charging for stormwater management either based on an Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU) or Residential Equivalent Factor (REF), combined with an appropriate discount scheme for on-site stormwater management. Preliminary indicative rates have been calculated for municipalities across South Africa using the Damage Avoidance Cost (DAC) approach. The results indicate that the amount that municipalities could and should charge varies widely, from ZAR30 (2010) to ZAR110 (2010) per residential unit per month, depending on climatic zone and level of treatment.

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“…promoting sustainable urban drainage systems (SuDS) have been developed and implemented in many cities in the last 20-30 years (Marsalek and Chocat, 2002;Novotny et al, 2010), although only a limited acceptance can be found around the Mediterranean (Castro- Charlesworth et al, 2013;Chouli et al, 2007;Perales-Momparler and Valls-Benavides, 2013), where there is a need to create showcases to demonstrate the feasibility and suitability of new solutions in the long term .…”

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“…Although SuDS have been implemented in many parts of the globe (Novotny et al, 2010), experience is limited in the Mediterranean region Charlesworth et al, 2013;Chouli et al, 2007) in particular characterizing the response of SuDS in the region, with its long dry periods and torrential rain (Millán et al, 2013;Perales-Momparler et al, 2014;Terzakis et al, 2008). Hence, there is a need for 'learning by doing' experiments which can demonstrate the effectiveness of this new approach (Barbosa et al, 2012;Binney et al, 2010;Lamera et al, 2014;Tukker and Butter, 2007) since, according to Nevens et al (2013), experiments can be major triggers for the take-off and acceleration of transitions (Van der Brugge and Romans, 2007).…”

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A regenerative urban stormwater management methodology. The role of SuDS construction and monitoring in the transition of a Mediterranean city.

Momparler¹,

Sara²

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A regenerative urban stormwater management methodology. The role of SuDS construction and monitoring in the transition of a Mediterranean city. "Don't go through life, grow through life" Eric ButterworthA regenerative urban stormwater management methodology. The role of SuDS construction and monitoring in the transition of a Mediterranean city. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSI would like to dedicate this thesis to my husband, Iñaki, for his unconditional support, at home and abroad.I am grateful to my thesis directors, Dr. Joaquín Andreu and Dr. Ignacio Andrés, for their guidance throughout the process. My special thanks to the latter, for all the fun moments we have enjoyed in between the hard work.A special mention of professor Chris Jefferies, to whom I am thankful for the orientation he has provided all along my career, both at the academic and the professional levels. Thanks also to Dr. Sue Charlesworth, for all that I learned during my stay at Coventry University.A warm gratitude to Susan Dodson, for her friendship and the time she has dedicated to improving the English grammar of my publications.And a special thanks to my parents, Carmen and Antonio; to my "new" parents, Maria and Roberto; and to Amparo, for transmitting their energy and believing in me.Last, but not least, a special mention to my offspring Pablo and Ana, who are happily accompanying me in the last part of this project.A regenerative urban stormwater management methodology. The role of SuDS construction and monitoring in the transition of a Mediterranean city. ABSTRACTUnder the well-known slogan 'think global, act local', cities in the 21 st century face the enormous challenge of catalyzing, intensifying and accelerating sustainable urban transformations. Without losing a holistic view, the methodology presented in this thesis places the focus on 'resource management and climate mitigation and adaptation', in particular in urban stormwater management, proposing processes that can bring about the required change, shaped by the place-based approach of the regenerative sustainability paradigm.Building upon literature and practice that supports a flexible approach to stormwater management in urban environments that mimic natural processes and predevelopment hydrology (Sustainable Drainage Systems, SuDS) as one way to, amongst others, help to prevent and adapt to climate change, the thesis highlights the relevance of the connection to the place for adoption of best practices that conduct towards a regenerative system. Hence, it incorporates this connection to the place to the SuDS representation, naming it the SuDS 'landed rocket'.The proposed methodology includes a conceptual framework, specific method and tools, that allows for the understanding and the characterization of the current situation of a urban stormwater system in a process that guides future actions to move towards the desired regenerative urban built environment concept, with a place-based holistic view.This methodology has been applied to Benaguasil, a Mediterranean city, where stormwater ma...

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Applying storm water management in Greek cities: learning from the European experience

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A LCC Analysis of Rainwater Management Variants

A LCC Analysis of Rainwater Management Variants

Charging for stormwater in South Africa

A regenerative urban stormwater management methodology. The role of SuDS construction and monitoring in the transition of a Mediterranean city.

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