PEOPLE/AWARDS
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott and the state of Vermont Agency of Natural Resources announced $13.3 million in Healthy Homes Initiative awards and $2.2 million in Three-Acre Stormwater Initiative awards to help 46 mobile home parks spanning 13 counties repair, replace and upgrade water infrastructure. Most of the awards will address problems with inadequate or failing stormwater, wastewater and drinking water systems.
Union City Borough (Pennsylvania) received a $69,461 grant from the Erie County Municipal Infrastructure GAP Funding Program to help fund a stormwater sewer project from Waterford Street across Route 97 to French Creek.
The city of Tulsa (Oklahoma) received a $19.6 million Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The funds will be used to build out the area’s stormwater infrastructure and build out two storm detention ponds.
CALENDAR
June 23-27
Association of State Floodplain Managers Annual Conference, Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City. Visit floods.org.
August 27-29
StormCon 2024, Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, Reno, Nevada. Visit stormcon.com.
October 5-9
Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference, Morial Convention Center, New Orleans. Visit weftec.org.
October 9-11
Southeast Stormwater Association Annual Conference, hotel TBA, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Visit seswa.org.
October 21-23
California Stormwater Quality Association Annual Conference, SAFE Credit Union Convention Center, Sacramento, California. Visit casqa.org.
