It’s easy to understand why we have predominantly relied on passive stormwater management infrastructure to date. Such stormwater control measures (SCMs) generally are small-scale, highly dispersed practices, installed on a wide variety of sites without…
Water Works: Modern Stormwater Management Requires Looking at All Tools
Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) is increasingly recognized as a more-sustainable approach to stormwater management vs. traditional or even…
Water Works: The Value of National Standardization for the Evaluation of Stormwater Control Measures
If any group of engineers was asked to list which organization(s) they reference for industry standards, I would expect ASTM International to be…
Water Works: The Clean Water Act Turns 50: Where Do We Go From Here?
Oct. 18, 2022, marked 50 years since passage of the Clean Water Act (CWA) landmark legislation that established a goal of restoring and maintaining the chemical, physical and biological integrity of the nation’s waters. The CWA initially was focused…
