Stormwater Management News

  1. Padilla, Murkowski Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Create Atmospheric River Forecasting Program 2/4/2025

    Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) announced bipartisan legislation that will reduce flood risks and bolster emergency preparedness by improving atmospheric river forecasting to more precisely predict the timing and location of these storms.

  2. Advanced Drainage Systems Hosts Groundbreaking For $30M World-Class Recycling Facility Expansion In Cordele, Georgia 1/28/2025

    Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (“ADS” or the “Company”), a leading provider of innovative water management solutions in the stormwater and onsite septic wastewater industries, today announced the groundbreaking of a significant expansion to its recycling facility in Cordele, Georgia.

  3. Emerald Backs StormHarvester With $10.2M Series A To Innovate AI-Infused Smart Water Management 1/23/2025

    Cleantech venture capital pioneer Emerald Technology Ventures has invested into StormHarvester, a market-leading SaaS machine-learning and analytics company that helps wastewater utilities optimize the management of their sewer networks and assets while significantly reducing pollution. 

  4. $288.2M Investment In Water Infrastructure Projects In 24 Counties 1/22/2025

    Today, the Shapiro Administration announced the investment of $288.2M for 39 drinking water, wastewater, and non-point source projects across 24 counties through the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST).

  5. Research On Past Hurricanes Aims To Reduce Future Risk 1/17/2025

    Tropical storms like hurricanes are not only terrifying, but also incredibly costly for coastal regions across the United States, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. Beyond the immediate devastation, these storms contribute to significant economic losses and human displacement.

  6. New NOAA Dataset To Help Improve Flood Mitigation Tools, Flood-Risk Assessment 1/13/2025

    The first modeled, historical water level and wave dataset for the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf coasts was released today by NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS).

  7. Floods, Droughts, Then Fires: Hydroclimate Whiplash Is Speeding Up Globally 1/9/2025

    After years of severe drought, dozens of atmospheric rivers deluged California with record-breaking precipitation in the winter of 2022-23, burying mountain towns in snow, flooding valleys with rain and snow melt, and setting off hundreds of landslides.

  8. Calibre-S2O Leading Design And Construction Of Dedicated Swiftwater Rescue Training Center In Houston 1/8/2025

    Flooding is the number one weather-related cause of death in Texas.

  9. Climate Extremes In 2024 'Wreaking Havoc' On The Global Water Cycle 1/6/2025

    2024 was another year of record-breaking temperatures, driving the global water cycle to new climate extremes and contributing to ferocious floods and crippling droughts, a new report led by The Australian National University (ANU) shows.

  10. How We Classify Flood Risk May Give Developers, Home Buyers A False Sense Of Security 1/6/2025

    This phenomenon, called the “safe development paradox,” is described in a new paper from North Carolina State University. Lead author Georgina Sanchez, a research scholar in NC State’s Center for Geospatial Analytics, said this may be an unintended byproduct of how the Federal Emergency Management Agency classifies areas based on their probability of dangerous flooding.