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Jul 30 2018
Sometimes the forces of nature—earthquakes, hurricanes and even heavy rains—produce slope failures that cannot be predicted, much less prevented.…
Jul 30 2018
In 2016, heavy rains ripped out erosion control blankets and left a creek bed severely eroded at a development site in Texas. The U.S. Army Corps of…
Jul 30 2018
After hurricanes Harvey and Irma wrought havoc last year, experts in storm water management helped disaster response teams assess infrastructure…
Jul 30 2018
“I’m like, what is engineering?”
As a college student, Carrie Bristoll-Groll, now principal civil engineer and CEO of Stormwater Solutions Eng. LLC (…
Jul 30 2018
There are certain headlines that stop the storm water industry in its tracks. They remind us of the immediacy and relevance of storm water management…
Jun 29 2018
Achieving storm water regulatory compliance at industrial facilities sometimes can be a daunting task. Maxum Petroleum’s diesel fueling and petroleum…
Jun 29 2018
Located in Tacoma, Wash., the Urban Accessories foundry is a small family-operated facility sitting on 1.7 acres. Despite its best efforts to reduce…
Jun 29 2018
The frac tank contains the clarifier, which provides solids removal.
The Gulf of Mexico endures its fair share of storms, making the sub-tropical…
Jun 29 2018
Planning for storm water management as part of construction project management on commercial sites can help prevent unanticipated costs and the need…
Jun 29 2018
Golf courses are designed around and rely on water features, whether those features are oceans, lakes, rivers or streams. These water features offer…
Jun 29 2018
When an Indianapolis theater was planning an expansion, the owners knew the site’s storm water runoff management plan needed improvement. Tucked…
Jun 29 2018
Outside of urban residential neighborhoods, waterfront homes were once remote and rustic, focusing on small living quarters, native vegetated…
Jun 29 2018
Building new residential communities on undeveloped land creates major risks to downstream environments. In Kentucky and Indiana, precipitation rates…
Jun 29 2018
With a grand entrance, the 2018 hurricane season arrived. Actually, it arrived a little early.
Hurricane season technically begins June 1, but at the…
May 25 2018
Over the past decade, municipalities that own or operate a municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) have faced a trend of expanding MS4 permits…
May 25 2018
Today’s engineers are not just taught construction theory, shear strength and soil type. Environmental influences have become a focus of education…
May 25 2018
For 13 years, an abandoned mine in the Southeast U.S. sat partially barren. A large mining company had worked to revegetate and obtain reclamation…
May 25 2018
Texas A&M University is experiencing a growth spurt. The university, founded in 1871 in what is now the city of College Station, Texas, has…
May 25 2018
When it comes to storm water best management practices (BMPs), crafting and implementing sound policies to ensure they are properly evaluated,…
May 25 2018
Confusion and uncertainty over what water bodies were subject to federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act (CWA) has existed for more than a…
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