Simple Yet Efficient   Storm Water Solutions July 2005   By Julie A. Schlegel and Jennifer Kerckhoff
The port of Seattle’s $1.1 billion Third Runway Project involves storm water runoff as one of the project’s most critical environmental issues

Dry Parking   Storm Water Solutions July 2005   By Kent Hansen, P.E.
The stone recharge bed is the heart of the porous pavement. It provides temporary storage of storm water falling directly on the pavement as well as from other impermeable surfaces.

A Big Step for the Everglades   Storm Water Solutions July 2005   By Blake Guillory, P.E., and Denise Arrieta, P.E.
Upon completion, the freshwater reservoir at Ten Mile Creek will be one of the first restoration projects designed to recapture and enhance water storage capability for the benefit of the ecosystem.

Storm Water at Center of Project   Storm Water Solutions July 2005   By Becky Metivier
“If it was good enough for the Park Service at Mammoth Cave, I felt very comfortable using the same technology on our project,” said Tutt.

Fixing the Plumbing   Storm Water Solutions July 2005
The expansive properties inherent with polymer provides a non-disruptive, cost-effective and long-lasting solution for lifting sunken highways, roads and runways and misaligned bridge approaches or departure slabs.

The Trillion Dollar Maybe   Water & Wastes Digest April 2005   By Tim Gregorski
Anyway, ASCE’s report is nothing to laugh at, in fact, we should be quite embarrassed as overflowing sewers and aging drinking water facilities have almost become the norm in the U.S.

Optimizing Stormwater Billing   Water & Wastes Digest February 2005   By Jeff Blossom
WMD’s customer service department bills all 148,000 property owners in the city and county of Denver for sanitary sewer use and storm drainage collection.

The Land Down Under   Water & Wastes Digest December 2003
Engineers are continually faced with reducing or attaining zero increase in runoff from pre- to post-development when designing a stormwater system. In the case of the Holland Community Hospital in Michigan, a surface pond was not an option due to limited space. The engineering firm of Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber opted for a Cultec, Inc., subsurface stormwater management system for this project.

CMOM is Coming   Water & Wastes Digest December 2003   Susan McHugh
The U.S. EPA continues to develop proposed National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit requirements for capacity, management, operation and maintenance (CMOM) programs for municipal sanitary sewer collection systems. New CMOM programs for municipal sanitary sewer collection systems have been designed to limit the number of sanitary sewer overflows.

Managing Storm Water Runoff With Underground Chambers   Water & Wastes Digest July 2003
Effectively managing storm water runoff from urban development, while at the same time designing a cost effective solution for the developer, is an increasing challenge for the engineering community.

Unique Solution To Stormwater Problem Combines Recreational Use, Storm Runoff   Water & Wastes Digest July 2003
Local engineering consultant W.K. Dickson & Co., Inc. (WKD), working with Charlotte Storm Water Services (CSWS), developed an initiative that would attenuate or "slow down" runoff prior to it reaching the overburdened culverts. The results of the WKD plan would also allow funds earmarked for culvert upgrades to be used for projects that would not have been realized otherwise.

E. Coli   Water Quality Products May 2003   Danielle Duclos
This article provides a general overview of E. coli and drinking water as well as current and emerging monitoring and decontamination technologies.
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Chesapeake Seals the Deal   Water Engineering & Management May 2003   Watertight Storm Sewer Group
The City of Chesapeake, Va. is located in the region called Hampton Roads, the 27th largest metro area in the country with more than 1.5 million residents. With an annual rainfall of approximately 48", its designers must contend with the prospects of determining where 294 billion gallons of water will go. A large share of this rainfall will find its way into the storm sewers. Last year, the City Council appropriated an extra $467,600 for contract cave-in repairs. The City of Chesapeake has recognized this problem and is developing a program to address it.
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Bringing Home the Bacon   Water Engineering & Management February 2003
Moving water may be an ancient practice, but that did not keep bright engineering minds from developing a more efficient way to do it. Balancing an aggressive, stormwater pipeline design concept with a conservative approach to prove its performance, the result was a new engineered stormwater system. A new, more economical system design justified discarding the old plans and redrawing them with HDPE pipe.
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Are You Ready for CMOM?   Operations & Maintenance Supplement November 2002
CMOM is the acronym for the new Capacity, Management Operation and Maintenance program that soon will be enacted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In its simplest form, it has to do with the operation of sanitary sewers to prevent overloading of waste treatment plants and the overflow prevention of sanitary sewage into lakes and streams.

Submersible and Trailer and Vertical Pumps Solve Stormwater Problems   Water & Wastes Digest July 2002
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: To transfer stormwater from a creek to an adjacent river during periods of high water during storms and spring thawing.

Stormwater Treatment: A Look at Various Methods, Hydrodynamic Separators   Water & Wastes Digest July 2002
Since the passing of the Clean Water Act, the industry has made great strides in improving the quality of point source discharges to the environment. As treatment technologies continue to improve, non-point source pollution becomes a more significant contributor to environmental degradation.

Small Site Dictates Stormwater Treatment Solution in Mich. Redevelopment   Water & Wastes Digest July 2002
Ann Arbor, a densely populated university town of 180,000, has been seeing an increase in urban redevelopment pressure in recent years as developable land has become scarce and land values have risen. The city of Ann Arbor has worked closely with the County Drain Commissioner’s office to use this redevelopment as an opportunity to improve the quality of stormwater flowing into the county drains.

Roundtable Discussion: E. coli (Escherichia coli)   Water Quality Products November 2000   Wendi Hope King
Recent outbreaks of E. coli have brought consumer’s attention to their drinking water. Understanding its source, regulations and prevention will be key to combating this waterborne illness.

Updated Sewage System Gives Tourists a Lift   Water Engineering & Management September 2000   Cecil Coombs, P.E.
Sewage overflow caused by the influx of visitors during tourist season prompted one community to improve its collection and treatment system.

Stormwater Management: An Environmental Challenge Beyond the 20th Century   Water Engineering & Management November 1997   Michael Schaefer
How can increased stormwater runoff caused by expanding construction projects be controlled and managed?

City Develops System to Prioritize Its Stormwater Capital Projects   Water Engineering & Management December 1995   Angela R. Tickle, P.E.
The end result of a prioritization system was a process designed to minimize subjective factors and rely on rational, equitable and consistent methods.

Issues in Managing Urban Stormwater Runoff Quality   Water Engineering & Management May 1995   Dr. G. Fred Lee and Dr. Anne Jones-Lee
The last of three articles addressing urban stormwater runoff.

Implementing Urban Stormwater Runoff Quality Management Regulations   Water Engineering & Management April 1995   Dr. G. Fred Lee and Dr. Anne Jones-Lee
The second of three articles addressing urban stormwater runoff.

Stormwater Runoff Management: The Need for a Different Approach   Water Engineering & Management March 1995   Dr. G. Fred Lee and Dr. Anne Jones-Lee
Part I of a three-part series examines why urban stormwater runoff regulations should be different than those covering industrial and municipal wastewater.