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Evaluation of Green Alternatives for Combined Sewer Overflow Mitigation: A Proposed Economic Impact Framework and Illustration of its Application
Citation:
Rexhausen, J. Evaluation of Green Alternatives for Combined Sewer Overflow Mitigation: A Proposed Economic Impact Framework and Illustration of its Application. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R/13/092, 2013.
Impact/Purpose:
This report provides three benefits for users: • Guidance to CSO and other communities that can inform their deliberations about gray versus green infrastructure approaches, • An organizational taxonomy that is adaptable to any municipality, allowing for a particular community’s sewer or storm water management agency to modify the taxonomy to fit their needs, and • A practical tool for pre- and post- green infrastructure implementation assessment of the socio-economic benefits of green infrastructure.
Description:
This report develops a broad framework, or taxonomy, for identifying and organizing the socio-economic impacts of sewer infrastructure projects. It focuses on a green project in Cincinnati, Ohio that has adopted broader economic goals. The report then uses this example to illustrate how the taxonomy can be used by community officials engaged in storm water management to obtain a fuller understanding of the economic benefits of green alternatives for CSO mitigation.