The Napa Valley Register reports that the Napa (California) Sanitation District has nearly completed $20 million in projects to double its recycled...
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EPA Agrees to Revisit Rules for Polluted Runoff
A federal court has approved a settlement in which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will update its national regulations for stormwater runoff, one of...
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Video Contest Winners Share Important Messages About Stormwater
The Water Environment Federation (WEF) has announced the winners of its fourth annual stormwater video competition. Launched in 2012, the project recognizes, highlights and...
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A New Strategy For Stormwater Management
Heavy rainfall in 2008 inundated the Coralville, Iowa, area. Six inches of rain fell on already saturated ground over a 48-hour period...
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Onondaga County wins U.S. Water Prize for green infrastructure program
When Onondaga County, N.Y., was charged with the task of reducing the frequency of combined sewer overflow events that released sanitary flow...
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Two Tales of a City
Philadelphia is one of the oldest cities in the country but the Philadelphia Water Department's (PWD) approach to stormwater management, sewer overflow...
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Des Moines receives green design assistance from EPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently selected five capital cities for their Greening America’s Capitals (GAC) program. The national competition for...
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A Better Way Forward
By reforming its entire stormwater management program and changing the way residents think about water resources, Onondaga County, N.Y., evolved from the...
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Lake Protector
The 2010 Blue Star Award for Minnesota’s best stormwater management went not to a big city like St. Paul, not to a...
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Many Hands Make Light Work
Patsy Mortimer is not a municipal employee, but she does work closely with several municipal organizations. Mortimer, coordinator for the Flint Creek...
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It Takes All Hands
If you want people to care about something, show how it benefits them. It’s an old concept, and it’s working to great...
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Getting Control
An ambitious pilot project using green solutions in Kansas City, Mo., is believed to be the largest of its kind for combined...
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Clean Water on TAPP
John Cox approaches stormwater problems the same way they were created: little by little. As grant manager for the Think About Personal...
















