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. 2024 May;132(5):51301.
doi: 10.1289/EHP15000. Epub 2024 May 22.

Invited Perspective: Toward Resilience-Community-Based Approaches to Managing Combined Sewer Overflows in a Changing Climate

Jan C Semenza  1   2
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Invited Perspective: Toward Resilience-Community-Based Approaches to Managing Combined Sewer Overflows in a Changing Climate

Jan C Semenza. Environ Health Perspect. 2024 May.
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Map of the contiguous United States with approximately 700 black dots indicating communities that have combined sewer systems. The dots are dispersed mainly throughout the Midwest and Northeast, with smaller clusters in the Pacific Northwest, California, and some states in the South and the Great Plains.
Figure 1.
Combined sewer overflow outfalls, United States, 2024. Based on data from the National Combined Sewer Overflow Inventory, updated weekly. Source: US Environmental Protection Agency, 2024.
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