Climate Change Impacting Wastewater Collection, Conveyance, and Treatment in New Hampshire

The City of Manchester, New Hampshire has ageing and failing environmental infrastructure. Over the past decade storm events resulting from climate change has stressed Manchester's aging environmental infrastructure and is accelerating its failure rate. There have been several catastrophic system failures as a result of recent storm events that have cost millions of dollars in damages, loss business, and environmental injustices. The City has taken a pro-active approach to address its ageing and failing environmental infrastructure with a $300 million capital improvement program. An important component of this capital improvements program is being prepared to address the adverse effects of climate change storm events both on an emergency repair basis and in the design of future environmental infrastructure to accommodate these storms events.