The deadline for nominations for the Storm Water Solutions (SWS) 2019 Top Projects awards program has been extended to Aug. 23.
Last year, projects…
Green Technology
Jul 30 2019
A University of Maryland (UMD) research study has connected climate change to storm water management. According to Phys.org, UMD specifically…
Jul 26 2019
2019 SWS Top Project nominations are due Aug. 1, 2019, and time is running out to get in your nominations. Last year, projects varied, including…
Jul 19 2019
A Massachusetts town received a $1 million grant to help fund a green infrastructure project.
According to the Worcester Business Journal, the grant…
Jul 12 2019
Martinsburg, W.Va., has begun work on the first phase of the “Regrowing Green City” project. According to The Journal, the city was awarded a $30,000…
Jul 4 2019
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a $45 billion state construction bill Friday, June 28.
The state’s capital plan entitled Rebuild Illinois will…
Jun 19 2019
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) will fund green infrastructure projects in Cook County, Ill. According to a…
Jun 7 2019
Storm water and erosion control infrastructure challenges are expensive, and are a considerable drain on government budgets and resources worldwide…
May 30 2019
The Water Council’s Water Leaders Summit will be held June 26 to 27 at the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee. The summit is an annual water…
Apr 30 2019
The U.S. EPA has announced the winners of its seventh annual Campus RainWorks Challenge.
According to the EPA, the challenge is a national…
Apr 26 2019
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities has announced that the New York City Council has passed a suite of measures to reduce greenhouse gases released from…
Apr 18 2019
Update: Abstract submissions have been extended to May 3.
There is one day left to submit abstracts for the third-annual SWS Conference &…
Apr 11 2019
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) first major regulatory proposal under the administration of New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy…
Apr 4 2019
Florida is investigating the use of sound waves to target and kill algae in Lake Okeechobee. According to LG Sonic, last year, the state of emergency…
Jan 28 2019
Climate change challenges a fundamental principle of storm water management: the assumption of stationarity. Of course Earth’s climate has never been…
Jan 28 2019
C+
The SWS City Report is a year-long project, where SWS and a small committee of industry professionals collaborate to assign grades to the storm…
Nov 19 2018
The South Shore Park Project in Milwaukee used green infrastructure as part of major improvements to the park.
Oct 11 2018
The Water Council announced the launch of its new Tech Challenge program, a series of global competitions to identify freshwater technologies and…
Oct 9 2018
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett announced the new Green Infrastructure Plan Framework to add green space to streets, schools and parking lots throughout…
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The Storm Water Solutions staff invites industry professionals to nominate the water and wastewater projects they deem most remarkable and innovative for recognition in the Annual Reference Guide issue. All projects must have been in the design or construction phase over the last 18 months.
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