Entries Tagged Flooding

When people think of sea level rise, they usually think of coastal erosion. However, recent computer modeling studies indicate that coastal wastewater...

Entry 336994Nuisance flooding has increased on U.S. coasts in recent decades due to sea level rise, and new research co-authored by the...

Flood-Guard from General Pipe Cleaners prevents basement flooding. It operates like a check valve to seal off water backup caused by overloaded...

Floods pose severe threats to wastewater systems, including backups and overflows, pipe cracks and leaks, and power outages. Building up your system’s resilience...

A new tool to help decision makers and others assess how sea-level rise and other factors will affect the frequency of high-tide...

Superstorm Sandy brought flood levels to the New York region that had not been seen in generations. Causing an estimated $74.1 billion...

Knox County, Tennessee, is verdant, picturesque and a perfect illustration of the problems that arise when stormwater collects in volume. The result is...

Ellicott City, Maryland, suffered devastating floods in 2016 and 2018. The disasters left residents and officials wondering how technology could help predict...

Dallas, Texas' storm sewers, designed and built in the 1930s, are no match for the dense neighborhoods of a 21st-century city. Despite...

Entry 338919A 1.6 million gallon spill of untreated wastewater into Miami-Dade, Florida’s Oleta River has been contained, according to officials. The leak...

Coastal communities across the U.S. continued to see increased high-tide flooding last year, forcing residents and visitors to deal with flooded shorelines,...

Entry 339375Historic flooding in the Midwest is threatening the safety of thousands of private wells, according to the National Ground Water Association...

Heavy rainfall and rapid snowmelt throughout the Midwest has triggered widespread catastrophic flooding, which is causing major problems for water and wastewater...

Though flooding isn’t a new challenge for heartland utilities, the unpredictable nature of snowmelt is a cause for anxiety. “There’s a lot of...