This month's issue of Municipal Sewer & Water focuses on stormwater management. As we were putting together this issue, news broke of serious flooding and subsequent destruction in Duluth, Minn. Photographs revealed a city that looked like it had just suffered a massive earthquake. Streets were ripped open, bedrock hillsides became waterfalls, cars fell into deep chasms, and debris was everywhere.
We profiled the Duluth stormwater utility in our October 2008 issue. At that time, the utility was making significant improvements to its system, but sadly, nothing could have prepared the city for the
