Category Archives: Stormwater Management

Maryland’s Legislature taking forward steps

Posted on March 28, 2007 by stormwater

The House of Delegates has passed HB1220, which is a bill that opens the door for implementation of more sustainable and integrated stormwater management practices and levies a charge of 25 cents per square foot of impervious area on new … Continue reading →

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Embankment Hazards

Posted on March 27, 2007 by stormwater

OK, this is not about stormwater management, per se… Gaza Sewage Flood BUT – it does illustrate the hazards that are associated with constructing earthen embankments. Quite simply – they have the potential to fail. And if they fail, the … Continue reading →

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UMass BMP Eval Site

Posted on March 23, 2007 by stormwater

The Clearinghouse: The Massachusetts Stormwater Technology Evaluation Project (MASTEP) has created a web site to host a source of verified technical information on stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs) to provide information on innovative technologies to BMP users. http://www.mastep.net/ Great for … Continue reading →

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Heya!

Posted on March 23, 2007 by stormwater

Welcome to the first blog on stormwater management…. or at least the first one we know about. Among the things that may end up here are: Interesting stuff about stormwater management (SWM) that strikes our fancy Technical stuff (read: Engineering) … Continue reading →

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