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SWM Facility Embankment Repair – Barrel Relining
One of the exciting aspects of working in stormwater is coming up with unique ways to solve repair problems. At this site, the existing outfall pipe was corroding causing water to erode the soil along the outside of the pipe, … Continue reading
Plastic shopping bags suck… why not ban them?
When we maintain stormwater management systems one of the most common things we find are plastic shopping bags. The amount of bags that are in stormwater systems, and therefore streams and the natural environment is amazing. Our friends at the … Continue reading
2008 dam failure debacle continues. TVA showing their true colors – the opposite of green.
The dam failure of 2008 is evolving into an environmental debacle. TVA seems to be showing its true colors – which appear to be the opposite of green. We have to wonder where the EPA is as TVA permits continuing … Continue reading
Maintenance of Stormwater BMPs | stormh2o.com
Stormwater Mag has a new article on SWM Maintenance. Maintenance of Stormwater BMPs | stormh2o.com. Much to be said on this topic…. It is amazing that millions (billions???) of dollars of infrastructure goes in the ground and a small portion … Continue reading
Dam Safety Gone Wrong
Incredible dam breach in Tenn. This is why it is important to inspect, maintain, and repair earthen embankments. See the aerial video here
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Coolest Soil Erosion in NoVa
Our Stormwater Maintenance inspection crew happened upon this slope erosion in a stormwater management retention facility in Northern Virginia last month: Nothing spectacular…. just another gully… with some neat autumn foliage…. Until the zoom into the material that was eroding. … Continue reading
Why should pipe joints by watertight?
It is all here: http://www.wmtw.com/video/17144859/17144859
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This is why we do Stormwater Management
An impressive series of video from Vice TV on the garbage patch in the middle of the Pacific. It is all about PLASTICS. We pull a lot of it from stormwater facilities we maintain. Too bad the majority in the … Continue reading
Pervious Paving Research
From RMC Research & Education Foundation: The RMC Research & Education Foundation is proud to announce the release of its latest pervious concrete research report. The study Portland Cement Pervious Concrete Pavement: Field Performance Investigation on Parking Lot and Roadway … Continue reading
Pervious Paving References
Happened upon a couple of pervious paving references funded or developed by a concrete industry group. The first 182 page PDF is on maintenance – which is an incredibly important concern. View or download it here. The other smaller doc … Continue reading
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