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wcollar

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4. Normal Design

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Thu Jan 9, 2025, 09:33 AM

Jan 2025

I work for a civil engineering firm that specializes in water systems. That is a standard design. It was set up with reserves.that would cover “typical emergencies”. What they faced was not something they could have imagined when the system was designed.

Welcome to a whole new world! With climate change we’re only going to see more of this…

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