Stormwater Management News

  1. 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.

  2. 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).

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. When Risks Become Reality: Extreme Weather In 2024 12/27/2024

    Every December, people ask us how severe the year’s extreme weather events were.

  8. Ofwat Approves £104B Upgrade To Accelerate Delivery Of Cleaner Rivers And Seas And Secure Long-Term Drinking Water Supplies For Customers 12/19/2024

    Substantial, lasting, improvements for customers and the environment are set to be delivered through a £104Bn upgrade for the water sector, Ofwat announced today (19 December).

  9. California Joins Federal And Community Partners To Launch Pilot Project To Help Clean Up Tijuana River 12/17/2024

    California, federal and international representatives today gathered near the southern border to celebrate a state-funded pilot project to help clean up the Tijuana River. This is part of $35M in funding the Newsom Administration has directed to address the ongoing sewage crisis on the Tijuana River.

  10. Balfour Beatty Selected For L.A. Department Of Public Works $60M Bassett High School Stormwater Capture Project 12/3/2024

    Balfour Beatty’s Civils operations has been selected to deliver the approximately $60M Bassett High School Stormwater Capture project in La Puente, California. In partnership with Los Angeles County Department of Public Works (LA Public Works) and Bassett Unified School District (Bassett USD) the project team will construct an underground infiltration gallery at Bassett High School to improve water quality of waterways in La Puente, West Covina, Baldwin Park and City of Industry, as well as enhance green spaces on site for public use.