Stormwater Management News

  1. ARKANCE Strengthens Support For Autodesk Water Infrastructure Clients Through Partnership With Covey Associates 7/24/2024

    ARKANCE, a leading provider of digital transformation solutions and a Platinum Autodesk partner, announces a strategic partnership with Covey Associates to enhance support and services for clients utilizing Autodesk Water Infrastructure software.

  2. Solar Farms With Stormwater Controls Mitigate Runoff, Erosion, Study Finds 7/18/2024

    As the number of major utility-scale ground solar panel installations grows, concerns about their impacts on natural hydrologic processes also have grown.

  3. Scientists Add Human Element To Long-Term Flood Predictions 7/17/2024

    To better predict long-term flooding risk, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed a 3D modeling framework that captures the complex dynamics of water as it flows across the landscape.

  4. Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Rule To Increase Resilience Against Flooding Nationwide 7/10/2024

    The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published a Final Rule to implement the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS). The standard is a flexible framework to increase resilience against flooding and help protect communities.

  5. Biden-Harris Administration Establishes Four Stormwater Centers Of Excellence With $5M In Grants Under Investing in America Agenda 7/9/2024

    Today, July 9, as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it would award $5M in grants to establish four new Centers of Excellence for Stormwater Control Infrastructure Technologies and a national clearinghouse for new and emerging stormwater control technologies.

  6. Seattle & King County To Expand Wastewater Treatment In New Agreement With EPA, DOJ, Ecology 6/26/2024

    The U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Washington Department of Ecology announced today that they have reached an agreement in principle with King County and the City of Seattle that commits the local governments to significant expansion of the work they agreed to perform in 2013 to reduce discharges of untreated combined sewage and stormwater into Lake Washington, Lake Union, the Duwamish River, and Puget Sound.

  7. MWRD, Cook County Partners Announce $20M Investment To Fund Stormwater Management Projects 6/26/2024

    Following a weekend of heavy rains, leaders for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) and Cook County announced funding to better manage future stormwater and the unpredictable and unsettling nature of climate change.

  8. Climate Events, Construction Spend Drive U.S. Stormwater Market Forecast To US$54.5B In 2030 6/25/2024

    Stormwater management in the U.S. is growing rapidly as an area of critical concern for municipalities, transportation departments, and property owners.

  9. The Timing Of Rainfall Could Help Predict Floods 6/25/2024

    With record rainfall projected to continue into the future, many worry extreme flooding will follow suit. But a new CIRES-led study published today in Science of the Total Environment found an increase in precipitation alone won’t necessarily increase disastrous flooding — instead, flood risk depends on how many days have passed between storms.

  10. UMD Leads Sensor Project To Cast A Wide 'Net' To Predict, Prepare For Floods 6/7/2024

    Amid Annapolis' picturesque Colonial-era buildings, brick-lined streets and sailboats gliding along the Severn River, a small solar-powered sensor perched atop a pylon just off City Dock is easy to miss.