Worth Nothing - November 2016

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PEOPLE/AWARDS

The Environmental Protection Agency awarded Great Lakes Shoreline Cities Grants to the following locations to fund green infrastructure projects that will improve Great Lakes water quality.

  • East Chicago, Indiana ($175,000) will install green infrastructure at Jeorse Park to reduce stormwater runoff and filter sediment, nutrients, chemicals, bacteria and other contaminants before they reach the beach and Lake Michigan. These new installations will prevent 290,000 gallons of unfiltered runoff from reaching Lake Michigan.
  • Ashtabula, Ohio ($175,000) will install green infrastructure at Walnut Beach to re-establish a functional, connected dune system to prevent untreated stormwater from flowing across the beach and directly into Lake Erie.
  • Cleveland, Ohio ($175,000) will install bioretention cells at Wildwood Park to capture and treat stormwater runoff, preventing 660,000 gallons of untreated stormwater runoff from reaching Lake Erie.
  • Huron, Ohio ($125,439) will install green infrastructure at Lake Front Park that will filter sediment, nutrients, chemicals, bacteria and other contaminants, and prevent 600,000 gallons of untreated stormwater runoff from reaching Lake Erie.
  • Sandusky, Ohio ($175,000) will design and construct rain gardens and install a meadow at Lions Park to convey, capture and treat stormwater. The project will reduce 280,000 gallons of untreated runoff from reaching Lake Erie.
  • Vermilion, Ohio ($175,000) will install green infrastructure at Main Street Beach to reduce stormwater runoff and pollutant discharges to Lake Erie. Proposed projects include the installation of permeable pavement, bioretention areas and a tree pit that will prevent 450,000 gallons of untreated stormwater from discharging into the lake.
  • Duluth, Minnesota ($58,000) will construct rain gardens, plant trees and restore shoreline buffer at Park Point to prevent 89,000 gallons of untreated stormwater runoff from reaching Lake Superior.
  • Evans, New York ($172,125) will install rain gardens and open swales in Evans Town Park to reduce bacteria at the beach and prevent 221,000 gallons of untreated stormwater from reaching Lake Erie.
  • Algoma, Wisconsin ($175,000) will install infiltration basins, rain gardens and permeable pavement at Crescent Beach that will prevent 110,000 gallons of untreated runoff from reaching Lake Michigan.
  • Ashland, Wisconsin ($175,000) will construct infiltration swales, plant native vegetation and replenish beaches over 2.9 acres of land at Maslowski Beach to prevent 219,000 gallons of untreated runoff from reaching Lake Superior.
  • Manitowoc, Wisconsin ($167,603) will install green infrastructure at Blue Rail Marina Beach to replenish the beach and improve nearshore water quality, preventing 8,000 gallons of untreated runoff from reaching Lake Michigan.
  • Two Rivers, Wisconsin ($175,000) will construct wetlands at Neshotah Beach North that will improve water quality through natural filtering and reduce nutrient discharges, preventing 10 million gallons of stormwater from reaching Lake Michigan.
  • Wind Point, Wisconsin ($122,691) will install bioinfiltration, plant native vegetation and replenish beaches at Wind Point Lighthouse Beach to reduce fecal pollution and prevent 195,000 gallons of untreated stormwater from reaching Lake Michigan.

The city of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, was awarded a nearly $94,000 state grant to help better manage its stormwater runoff. The funding was announced by the Department of Environmental Protection to improve urban stormwater runoff through its Local Stormwater Best Management Practice Implementation Program.

Jay Crawford was named the Public Works director for the city of Simpsonville, South Carolina.

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

American Water Works Association

AWWA is offering a webinar titled “What You Need to Know About Climate Risks to Water Utility Infrastructure and Assets” on Nov. 30. Visit www.awwa.org.

Delaware

The University of Wisconsin Department of Engineering-Professional Development is offering “Municipal Engineering Fundamentals for Non-Engineers” on Dec. 6-7 in Newark, Delaware. Visit epdweb.engr.wisc.edu.


CALENDAR

  • Nov. 2-3 WJTA-IMCA Conference & Expo, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans. Visit www.wjta.org.
  • Nov. 13-17 American Water Resources Association 2016 Annual Conference, Florida Hotel and Conference Center, Orlando, Florida. Visit www.awra.org.
  • April 23-26 American Public Works Association 2017 North American Snow Conference, Iowa Events Center, Des Moines, Iowa. Visit www.apwa.net.
  • April 30-May 2 American Water Resources Association 2017 Spring Specialty Conference,S nowbird Ski and Summer Resort, Snowbird, Utah. Visit www.awra.org.
  • June 25-28 American Water Resources Association 2017 Summer Conference: Climate Change Solutions, Sheraton Tysons Hotel, Tysons, Virginia. Visit www.awra.org.
  • July 16-19 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers 2017 Annual International Meeting, Spokane, Washington. Visit www.asabe.org.


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