Abstract
The paper presents challenges that urban drainage has to solve under altering hydrological regime due to urbanization. The need for reducing the negative impacts of urbanization on the quantity and quality of urban runoff is emphasized. Innovative methods of urban drainage have been presented, together with general recommendations for their application. The requirements from the proposal of the new EU Directive on urban wastewater related to the integrated management of urban wastewater, including rainwater, are presented in more detail.

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