Protecting and Enhancing Urban Waters: Using All the Tools Successfully
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Reducing the hydrologic effects and pollutant loadings from urban drainage systems and restoring aquatic habitats to improve the health of our aquatic ecosystems presents many unique challenges. These challenges can be categorized as technical, institutional, financial, and cultural. This paper will examine each of the challenges and the tools that have and are being developed to overcome them. A case study on how the tools are being used in Florida to enhance the health of the Tampa Bay aquatic ecosystem will be presented.
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