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Mar 28 2019
When it was discovered that the 60-in.-diameter storm water drainage pipe under the South Haven Area Regional Airport’s (LWA) main runway and taxiway…
Mar 28 2019
Like much of the central and southern coast of the U.S., Austin, Texas, is regularly exposed to powerful storms moving inland from the Gulf or…
Mar 28 2019
Once a sprawling 636-acre farm, the Spring Ridge Corporate Center now is a beacon of growth in the rural landscape of Berks County, Pa. It spurred…
Mar 28 2019
Improving water quality in area waterways and protecting homes and businesses from flooding are the two missions of the Metropolitan Water…
Mar 28 2019
Visitors from across the world come to watch as up to 8,400 gal of boiling water shoot an average of 140 ft into the sky roughly every 60 to 110…
Mar 28 2019
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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…
Mar 28 2019
“Get the water off the streets!”
That was the rallying cry for storm water management through most of the 20th century and certainly the reason for…
Mar 28 2019
Since joining the SWS team as managing editor, one of my most valuable experiences has been connecting with women in the storm water and erosion…
Jan 28 2019
The state of Illinois’ floodplain regulations needed to be simpler to read, easier to understand and less bureaucratic to encourage sound floodplain…
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
Accurately quantifying the problem is one of the biggest challenges to successfully controlling combined sewage overflows (CSOs). The most recent…
Jan 28 2019
With growing water quality concerns over the past two decades, industrial storm water permit requirements have become ever more stringent. For more…
Jan 28 2019
A storm water facility that outfalls at the top of a hill inevitably will cause erosion. However, there often are several competing priorities during…
Jan 28 2019
Mountain Creek flows through the community of Red Bank, Tenn., to the Tennessee River. The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC…
Jan 28 2019
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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…
Jan 28 2019
A draft of the Trump Administration’s long-awaited rule replacing the definitions used to determine what waterbodies are subject to federal…
Jan 28 2019
It has been a big month for water legislation. New revisions have been proposed for the “waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS) definition. The proposal would…
Dec 17 2018
“Overall, I believe the industry has grown and is getting stronger.”
Diane Smith, president of East Coast Erosion Control, summarized the overall…
Dec 3 2018
When selecting green infrastructure (GI) practices, the more burdensome task of maintenance often is not considered. Premature bypass, delayed drain…
Dec 3 2018
California is among a handful of coastal states where the department of transportation is actively seeking adaptive strategies for shoreline…
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