Pub. date: 2011 | Online Pub. Date: May 04, 2010 | DOI:
10.4135/9781412973816 | Print ISBN: 9781412996822 | Online ISBN:
9781412973816| Publisher:SAGE Publications, Inc.About this
encyclopedia Anthony R. S. Chiaviello Bluebelts are undeveloped
areas retained by cities to provide stormwater catchment and
wetland-based wastewater management to supplement or replace
conventional constructed sewage and wastewater treatment
systems. With the widespread growth of suburban populations,
many standard storm- and wastewater management systems require
updating and expansion. Bluebelts are another, environmentally
friendly way to sanitize water and ensure proper drainage. In
many areas, suburban and rural expansion has outpaced the
municipality's ability to create infrastructure to handle
wastewater and surface runoff drainage. In some cases, the
installation of conventional water treatment piping would
destroy protected wetlands. Compared with conventional drainage
systems, blue-belts are known for being ecologically so