Name: Prince Bob P.

Albutra
Section: BSCE 4A

Abstract Activity: Article 1

A sewer system comprises a network of pipelines and technical

installations. The system collects and transports waste and storm water from
more than one source to a wastewater treatment plant or the receiving waters.
Although a great help to cities, the sewer system faces issues of what would
happen when it exceeds its design criteria, especially with the risks of
surcharging and flooding, due to global warming. To study the possible risks
the sewer system may face, an analysis of the precipitation is needed. Trend
analysis for historical series of rainfall is conducted to figure out and predict
trends in the rainfall extremes. To obtain climate change impact estimates to
urban drainage, urban drainage models are used to predict possible climate
change effects. This can be done by analyzing Regional Climate Models (RCM)
simulation results and using the output time series of the climate model as
direct input for the drainage model. Not forgetting to apply statistical bias-
correction and downscaling (or combined). All these methods does not
eradicate the possibility of having inaccurate data due to scaling and biases.
Thus, caution must be exercised when interpreting the climate change
scenarios and their impact on urban drainage. To have a better and more
accurate interpretation of climate trends, having several high-resolution climate
models IPCC emission scenarios, and statistical downscaling techniques are
recommended. Also taking into consideration is that climate change goes in
parallel with societal changes. With so being said, societal changes rapidly
occurs, thus dragging climate change with it too.