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==Strategies==
==Strategies==
Effective flood mitigation strategies include both grey infrastructure (traditional engineered solutions), green infrastructure (nature-based solutions), and grey-green hybrids.
Effective flood mitigation strategies include both grey infrastructure (traditional engineered solutions), green infrastructure (nature-based solutions), and grey-green hybrids.
===Grey (traditional) Infrastructure Solutions===
===Grey infrastructure solutions===
*Detention Ponds & Stormwater Basins: Store excess runoff and release it gradually.
*Detention Ponds & Stormwater Basins: Store excess runoff and release it gradually.
*Underground Stormwater Storage: Prevents sewer overflows.
*'''Underground stormwater storage''' can help prevents sewer overflows. For example, the West Beaches Storage Tunnel in Toronto collects and treats combined sewer overflows and stormwater to prevent untreated sewage from entering Lake Ontario. It uses [[sedimentation]] and UV disinfecting processes to imporve water quality.
*Levees & Floodwalls: Protect against riverine and coastal flooding.
*Levees & Floodwalls: Protect against riverine and coastal flooding.
===Green Infrastructure & LID Solutions===
===Green Infrastructure & LID Solutions===
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