stormwater runoff News
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EPA releases guidance to help federal facilities better manage stormwater
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued guidance to help federal agencies minimize the impact of federal development projects on nearby water bodies. The guidance is being issued in response to a change in law and an Executive Order signed by President Obama, which calls upon all federal agencies to lead by example to address a wide range of environmental issues, including ...
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Abu Dhabi looks into stormwater aquifer recharge
The Abu Dhabi City Municipality is investigating the possibility of using stormwater runoff to inject water into coastal aquifers, while at the same time countering the risks of flooding in the city. The municipality is in talks with the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) over the issue, with the city’s drainage collection network set for major investment and expansion this year. ...
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EPA Releases Climate Assessment Update To National Stormwater Calculator
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released phase II of the National Stormwater Calculator and Climate Assessment Tool package. The updated calculator includes future climate vulnerability scenarios. The calculator, a part of President Obama’s Climate Change Action Plan, is a desktop application that estimates the annual amount of stormwater runoff from a specific ...
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EPA and Fort Lincoln Retail Reach Settlement for Clean Water Act Violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Fort Lincoln Retail, LLC have reached a settlement over alleged violations of Clean Water Act regulations designed to protect America’s waterways from polluted stormwater runoff. Under an administrative consent agreement, the company will pay a $99,000 penalty to resolve violations involving stormwater runoff that flowed into the District of ...
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Maryland Passes Tough Stormwater Runoff Controls
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (ENS) - Maryland has enacted a law that sets higher standards for new development to reduce the polluted runoff that washes off parking lots, roofs, and roads, to end up damaging streams and polluting the Chesapeake Bay. The Stormwater Management Act of 2007 was signed into law April 24 by Governor Martin O’Malley along with 172 other bills. It requires the state Department ...
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How to Reduce Stormwater Infrastructure with Porous Pavers
Porous pavement solutions have drawn considerable interest in communities for the green engineering benefits they provide. Grass and gravel porous pavers can greatly reduce stormwater runoff by enabling a high infiltration or percolation rate of water into underlying soils. The permeability of these systems can also trap suspended solids, thus filtering them out of any residual runoff so water ...
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EPA Software helps reduce water pollution as part of President’s Climate Action Plan
As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released the National Stormwater Calculator, an innovative addition to the administration’s virtual climate resilience toolkit. EPA’s new calculator will help property owners, developers, landscapers, and urban planners make informed land-use decisions to protect local ...
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Homebuilder Toll Brothers Inc. to pay $741,000 clean water act penalty and implement company-wide stormwater controls
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Toll Brothers Inc., one of the nation’s largest homebuilders, will pay a civil penalty of $741,000 to resolve alleged Clean Water Act violations at its construction sites, including sites located in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Toll Brothers will also invest in a company-wide stormwater ...
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Reduce stormwater costs by using low impact development practices
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a new report 'Reducing Stormwater Costs through Low Impact Development (LID) Strategies and Practices,' which contains 17 case studies from across North America that show the economic viability of LID practices. Using these practices in construction projects can lower costs while improving environmental results. LID practices are innovative ...
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U.S. EPA orders Caltrans to comply with Clean Water Act to protect state waters // State agency must improve stormwater discharges at road construction and maintenance sites
SAN FRANCISCO: The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) to upgrade its statewide stormwater management program, and exert stronger controls over stormwater discharges from its road construction and maintenance sites. The Clean Water Act enforcement action follows a series of EPA field audits of four Northern California CalTrans ...
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EPA to Provide Smart Growth Technical Assistance to Dubuque, Iowa
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that the City of Dubuque, Iowa, will receive technical assistance through the Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities program. The announcement was made at the New Partners for Smart Growth Conference in Kansas City, Mo. EPA awarded Dubuque a Land Use and Water Quality Workshop. The workshop will provide Dubuque technical assistance to ...
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$59,876 grant to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
EPA is providing a $59,876 urban waters grant to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) to evaluate the effectiveness of neighborhood green infrastructure in metropolitan St. Louis, Mo. SIUE and partners, including the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, the City of St. Louis and Habitat for Humanity of St. Louis, will conduct a study in the JeffVanderLou neighborhood in north St. ...
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U.S. EPA orders caltrans to comply with clean water act to protect state waters // State agency must improve stormwater discharges at road construction and maintenance sites (CA)
The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) to upgrade its statewide stormwater management program, and exert stronger controls over stormwater discharges from its road construction and maintenance sites. The Clean Water Act enforcement action follows a series of EPA field audits of four Northern California CalTrans districts. ...
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EPA Opens Registration for Campus RainWorks Design Challenge Competition
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has opened registration for student teams from colleges and universities across the country to participate in its new design competition, the Campus RainWorks Challenge, through which teams will compete to develop innovative approaches to stormwater management. This first annual competition, will help raise awareness of green design and planning ...
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Rhode Island concrete manufacturing plant faces fine for clean water violations (RI)
EPA has proposed that a concrete manufacturing plant in Pawtucket, RI, pay a penalty of up to $177,500 for illegally discharging stormwater and process water in violation of the federal Clean Water Act. According to EPA’s New England office, PRM Concrete Corporation violated the Clean Water Act by discharging stormwater and process water to municipal catch basins and to the Seekonk River ...
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EPA opens registration for campus rainworks design challenge competition
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has opened registration for student teams from colleges and universities across the country to participate in its new design competition, the Campus RainWorks Challenge, through which teams will compete to develop innovative approaches to stormwater management. This first annual competition, will help raise awareness of green design and planning ...
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EPA and Baltimore`s CNX Marine Terminals, Inc. settle water and waste violations
CNX Marine Terminals, Inc. has agreed to pay a $34,600 penalty to settle alleged violations of federal environmental laws involving the discharge of pollutants in stormwater runoff, the operation and maintenance of underground storage tank systems and waste storage, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. The alleged violations were at the CNX terminal at 3800 New Gate Ave., ...
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EPA Settles Stormwater Case to Protect Richmond Water Quality
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that the city of Richmond has settled alleged violations of Clean Water Act regulations that protect waterways from polluted stormwater runoff. In a consent agreement with EPA, Richmond has agreed to pay a $12,000 penalty to settle the alleged violations related to its storm sewer system and notified EPA that the city is now in compliance ...
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EPA Grant to University of Maryland will Help Communities Tackle Stormwater, Reduce Pollution to the Chesapeake Bay
Federal, state and local officials gathered at Bladensburg Waterfront Park today in announcing a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant for $691,674 to the University of Maryland. EPA’s Sustainable Chesapeake Grant will allow the University to help two local communities improve how they manage stormwater runoff, the fastest growing source of pollution to the Chesapeake Bay. ...
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EPA Regional Administrator Tours Stormwater and Land Conservation Projects on Maryland’s Eastern Shore
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin today toured several projects on the Maryland Eastern Shore designed to control stormwater pollution, conserve land, and improve communities. Stormwater runoff is a leading cause of impairment to local waters and the Chesapeake Bay. “In the Chesapeake Bay watershed, the story of the water is written on the land, ...
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