Entries Tagged Flooding

How many wastewater utilities can handle 51 inches of rain in 72 hours? Probably none. But that’s what challenged the Houston Wastewater Operations...

Science is clearly showing that the world is shifting toward a more unstable climate. Weather events like the flash floods in Sydney,...

Possibly the only thing worse than a failed stormwater system is a failed plan to fix it. This is what Glenn Balliew...

We’ve all said things that are regrettable. Last month in this space I talked about stormwater and the way it impacts everyone, no...

Prevent basement flooding and messy floors with the Flood-Guard from General Pipe Cleaners. Available for 2-, 3- and 4-inch floor drains, the...

Stormwater is a powerful force, and few are out of its reach. I live in the country. I’m on a septic system. My...

Acknowledging that it all flows downhill, engineers at the Keno Environmental Restoration Project in Southern Arizona recently decided to take what nature...

Entry 339813A derailment of an oil train in a flooded area in northwestern Iowa has downstream water utilities in a number of...

With 68,000 catch basins in New Orleans, maintaining, cleaning and repairing them is no “big easy.” But about one-third of those catch basins...

Flooding is common in the low-lying sections of Hoboken, New Jersey, since they are in the tidal marsh of the Hudson River...

One neighborhood in Dubuque, Iowa, was once especially prone to flooding. Between 1999 and 2011, there were six presidential disaster declarations and...

The city of Houston is just beginning to dig out from the wrath of Hurricane Harvey as I write this. Some of...

As those in the water/wastewater industry know all too well, it’s not only homes that must be evaluated and rebuilt in the...

When Hurricane Harvey hit South Texas Aug. 25, the city of Pearland’s Department of Public Works was put to the test. It...