STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ARTICLES

New way of removing excess nitrogen from environment

Nov. 1, 2010 -- Excess nitrogen from agricultural and urban lands is contaminating groundwater, streams, lakes and estuaries, where it causes harmful algal blooms and contributes to fish kills...

Tree Filter Systems for Effective Urban Stormwater Management

Stormwater quality management recognized at annual conference

RANCHO MIRAGE, CA, Oct. 28, 2010 -- The California Stormwater Quality Association (CASQA) will present five awards at its sixth annual Stormwater Conference awards luncheon this Tuesday, November 2...

Water quality champion loses battle with pulmonary disease

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA, Oct. 7, 2010 -- The stormwater industry is saddened to learn of the passing of Clark Use, who died October 6, 2010 of pulmonary disease...

New stormwater treatment at Boeing Field to help protect Duwamish River, Puget Sound

SEATTLE, WA, Sept. 29, 2010 -- Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency signed an agreement with The Boeing Company to construct a new stormwater treatment system at North Boeing Field in Sea...

Wastewater, stormwater discharges addressed in settlement with Revere, MA

BOSTON, MA, Aug. 25, 2010 -- Under the terms of a Consent Decree lodged in federal court, the City of Revere, Mass. will significantly reduce illegal discharges of raw sewage overflows into the env...

Stormwater general permit extended in Pa.

HARRISBURG, PA, Aug. 20, 2010 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is providing municipal drainage system operators a nine-month extension of their existing general permit to ...

Meeting industrial stormwater pollution benchmarks in CA, WA

PORTLAND, OR, Aug. 19, 2010 -- For all industrial sites in the states of California and Washington, October 1st signifies the beginning of the rainy season and the kickoff for state mandated stormw...

Stormwater management improvements ordered for four PA towns

PHILADELPHIA, PA, Aug. 6, 2010 -- The U.S. EPA has sent orders to four south central Pennsylvania municipalities requiring improvements to their respective Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS...

Stormwater management guide for Chesapeake region issued by EPA

PHILADELPHIA, PA, Aug. 3, 2010 -- EPA has issued a new guide for improving the effectiveness of urban stormwater permits in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and the mid-Atlantic Region...