Stormwater Management Resources

1. The City Of Fayetteville's Flood Resiliency In The Face Of Climate Change: Mapping 15 Watersheds 4/9/2024

   The city of Fayetteville, North Carolina has always had flooding issues, but it’s been getting worse as weather patterns have been changing. They were hit four years in a row by storms Matthew (2016), Irma (2017), Florence (2018), and Dorian (2019). 

2. Putting The Squeeze In Sponge Cities: Amsterdam's Waternet And The Innovative RESILIO Blue-Green Roof Project 4/8/2024

   The RESILIO project has helped Amsterdam repurpose rooftops as smart blue-green roofs to reuse rainwater and prevent localized flooding. This project, along with other sustainable water initiatives like the Amsterdam Rainproof program, continues to position the Netherlands at the forefront of water management.

3. Testing The (Storm)Waters 3/7/2024
   Heavy rains in California prove the worthiness of the "sponge city" concept.
4. Reducing Flood Risk In A Highly Urbanized Area 3/7/2024
   How the city of Aurora, CO, via the Fitzsimmons-Peoria Stormwater Outfall Project, modernized outdated infrastructure in response to current needs and future threats.
5. Machine Learning And AI For Flood Mitigation — What’s Really Involved? 2/29/2024
   With extreme weather events appearing to occur with greater frequency, state and local governments are scrambling to prepare for the possibilities. Properly scaled preparation can save lives — and getting a sense of that scale is where AI is helping.
6. 2023's Billion-Dollar Disasters List Shattered The U.S. Record With 28 Big Weather And Climate Disasters Amid Earth's Hottest Year On Record 1/12/2024

   The U.S. set an unwelcome record for weather and climate disasters in 2023, with 28 disasters that exceeded more than US$1 billion in damage each. While it wasn't the most expensive year overall — the costliest years included multiple hurricane strikes — it had the highest number of billion-dollar storms, floods, droughts, and fires of any year since counting began in 1980, with six more than any other year, accounting for inflation.

7. Johns Hopkins Research Makes Waves With Better Flood Damage Forecasting 12/1/2023
   Natural disaster risk modeling provides a reliable and affordable way for governments to estimate expected damage caused by rivers overflowing their banks.
8. Indiana Communities Hope Rebuilt Pump Station Dries Up Regional Flooding Problems 11/10/2023

   Two Indiana communities nestled along the Ohio River hope a new $6 million pump station will alleviate the region’s flooding woes. Relief was certainly long overdue.

9. Extreme Weather Is Outpacing Even The Worst-Case Scenarios Of Our Forecasting Models 11/3/2023
   In the wake of the destructive Hurricane Otis, we find ourselves at a pivotal moment in the history of weather forecasting. This rare and alarming event, described by the U.S. National Hurricane Center as a "nightmare scenario," broke records for the fastest intensification rate over a 12-hour period in the eastern Pacific. Otis not only caught residents and authorities off guard, but also exposed the limitations of our current predictive tools.
10. Preserving Paradise: How Honolulu Is Combating Climate Change 11/3/2023
    The last state to join the U.S. is leading in resiliency planning, serving as a model for others as storms and floods worsen.