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By Janis Keating Ask the average citizen about “street sweeping,” and chances are she’ll say, “It cleans up the trash people toss out of their cars.” This is, of course, true, and what most people notice. Minutes after Los Angeles’ 2013 Golden Dragon Parade ended, pedestrians quickly returned to Chinatown’s sidewalks as street cleaners whisked along the parade route, collecting the numerous piles of paper confetti and Mylar streamers shot from and to the crowds. However, street sweeping does much more, ...... continue reading
From: Stormwater Topics: Maintenance, Pollutants, Program Management
By Carol Brzozowski Damaged pipes pose a host of problems, from significant maintenance costs to environmental threats. Many communities throughout North America have been mitigating those problems in such a way that minimizes costs, traffic interruption, and maximizes on the longevity of newer materials and repair methods. Stoney Creek In Oakland Township, MI, a pipe arch culvert that allowed Stoney Creek to pass underneath Stoney Creek Road had corrosion and was exhibiting various signs of distress du...... continue reading
From: Stormwater Topics: BMP Manufactured, Drainage Systems, Program Management
By Steve Goldberg Although various forms of rainwater harvesting have been used for thousands of years, as an organized industry, it is still in its infancy. At present, no national standards are in place regulating its use, although various states and municipalities have begun promulgating laws concerning how rainwater may (or may not) be used. The rainwater harvesting industry has a national organization, the American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association. It is presently headed by David Craw...... continue reading
From: Stormwater Topics: Low-impact Development, Program Management, Watershed Projects
By Janet Aird Many types of software are available to stormwater management professionals for monitoring, analysis, and program management related to stormwater and combined sewers. Some of their applications help determine the size and number of best management practices (BMPs) that are needed for a particular drainage area and evaluate their effectiveness. Some track parameters such as the quantity and quality of runoff, and the flow rate, flow depth, and quality of water in each pipe, channel,...... continue reading
From: Stormwater Topics: Program Management, Software, Water Quality Monitoring
By Janice Kaspersen Stormwater managers often divide their responsibilities into two general categories: managing water quality, and managing water quantity. In the early days, “stormwater management” essentially meant “flood control” in many communities. What was in the water mattered less than that we kept it off the streets and out of people’s basements. With the Clean Water Act and NPDES permits and TMDLs came a growing concern for water quality as well. Quantity and quality can’t be separate...... continue reading
From: Stormwater Topics: Low-impact Development, Program Management, Regulatory Issues
By Daniel Ahern, Richard Wagner, and Robert Klink Beaufort County, SC, is located between Charleston, SC, and Savannah, GA. Because of the prime coastal location, the county has long been an attractive location for resorts and other types of development. The county’s stormwater program has been challenged by its citizens and leaders to be a progressive coastal program that has recently incorporated volume control into its stormwater management criteria. This progressive attitude has kept 85% of o...... continue reading
From: Stormwater Topics: Pollutants, Program Management, Research
Last summer, the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Department of General Services, the city of Richmond, and the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay completed a green stormwater retrofit of Virginia’s Capitol Square. As have other states in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, Virginia has paid increasing attention to the quality and quantity of its runoff in recent years. With this project, the state government has taken the lead, demonstrating that low-impact development can be an effective...... continue reading
From: Stormwater Topics: Low-impact Development, Program Management, Project Design
By Clem Brown and Bryn Evans The city of San Diego, CA, Transportation and Storm Water Department has been aggressively testing assumptions regarding street sweeping and its role as a best management practice (BMP) for stormwater pollution prevention. The city has gathered significant data regarding how to best optimize the use of street sweeping equipment and routes. This article summarizes the city’s findings and makes a strong case for street sweeping improvements nationwide. Background The ci...... continue reading
From: Stormwater Topics: Pollutants, Program Management, Research
By David C. Richardson When people say the city of Yonkers, NY, is on the Saw Mill River, they mean that—literally. Downtown Yonkers is built on top of the swiftly flowing channel known as the Saw Mill River. From the cellars of some of the industrial-era buildings near the center of town, one can actually see the river flowing beneath the basements and across the gaps between the foundations of adjacent structures. Closer to the center of town, the river had once been channeled into a flume seve...... continue reading
From: Stormwater Topics: Low-impact Development, Program Management, Watershed Projects
By Brynna King Mobile technology is becoming more and more a necessary piece of the infrastructure puzzle for many cities—and even in small communities, officials are finding that mobile solutions can vastly improve the efficiency and accuracy of recordkeeping. In the 53,000-person city of Margate in Broward County, FL, the public works department needed a change. The department was completing its on-the-go reporting and recordkeeping efforts using pen and paper, and the method was proving to be both cu...... continue reading
From: Stormwater Topics: Program Funding, Program Management, Software
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