STORMWATER MANAGEMENT RESOURCES

• In The Green: Embracing Innovation To Finance The New Localized Water Infrastructure

  An uncommon financing model is proving effective at resolving an all-too-common issue throughout the U.S. — underfunded water infrastructure needs.

• Coatings Company Installs Aquip System To Meet Benchmarks For Zinc

  Partnering with StormwateRx, Forrest Technical Coatings sought a cost-effective treatment strategy that aligned with their corporate #environmental stewardship initiatives.

• Healthy Floodplains Reduce Nutrient Pollution

  Six key floodplain restoration designs can maximize nutrient removal in rivers.

• Engaging Stakeholders With Visualization And Analytics

  The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program, created in 1972 by the Clean Water Act (CWA), helps address water pollution by regulating point sources that discharge pollutants into the waters of the United States.

• A Few Heavy Storms Cause A Big Chunk Of Nitrogen Pollution From Midwest Farms

  Some effects of extreme weather are visible. Other effects are harder to measure, but can be just as harmful. One example is agricultural nitrogen runoff from farmlands in the Mississippi River Basin. It mainly comes from fertilizer that farmers apply to millions of acres of crops.

• State And Local Government Saves 25% In OPEX With Modeling Software

  Cities use sewer models to avoid capacity issues, mitigate overflows, and address asset deterioration.

• Army Corps Partners With Community For First Line Of Coastal Defense

  Hurricane Isaias stormed up the east coast of the United States in early August, bringing heavy rain and winds up to 85 mph to the shores of flood-prone Port Monmouth, NJ. Immediately, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District reached out to the community to find out how they were doing and how its flood risk management project was working.

• Building A New Spillway In The Name Of Safety

  Denver Water launches $8.5 million investment at 1930s dam north of Golden.

• As Waters Rise, So Must We. New Report Calls For Equitable Solutions To Urban Flooding

  Scientists tell us we have less than 10 years to avert irreversible and devastating impacts of the climate crisis. And yet, climate change is already hurling towards us with disproportionate impacts for low-income and communities of color. We see this frequently in the water sector, where climate impacts are felt first, and most often. From the record-breaking Midwestern floods of 2018 to the aftermath of Hurricanes Sandy, Katrina, Maria, and Harvey, floodwaters are rising around the nation.

• The Navigable Waters Protection Rule: What It Means For Your Project

  The much-debated topic of what the federal government does or doesn’t have jurisdiction over — what is or isn’t a regulated water — has provoked change on and off for the past 60 years. Now it’s changing once again.