Precipitation extremes and the impacts of climate change on stormwater infrastructure in Washington State

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This study was conducted under the auspices of the University of Washington's Climate Impacts Group, with additional support provided by Seattle Public Utilities and Northwest Hydraulic Consultants (to DH), King County Water and Land Resources Division (to JB), and Stillwater Sciences (to DBB). We thank Rob Norheim for providing the maps and Lara Whitely Binder for reviewing an early draft of the paper. We would also like to acknowledge the encouragement and insights of Paul Fleming and Gary Schimek (City of Seattle) and the contributions of five anonymous reviewers, whose comments resulted in substantial improvements to the paper. This publication is part of the Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment, funded by the 2007 Washington State Legislature through House Bill 1303. This publication is partially funded by the NOAA Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments program and the NOAA Climate Dynamics and Experimental Prediction/Applied Research Centers program under NOAA Cooperative Agreement No. NA17RJ1232 to the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO). This is JISAO Contribution # 1796.