Urban Pollutant Sources and Reduction
By Rich McLaughlin, Ph.D
It is no secret that our population is increasingly located in urban areas in and around cities, which in turn were...
Safety Issues Related to Low-Head Dams Promoted
By Kenneth Wright, P.E.
An innocuous looking structure to most people, low-head dams have claimed the lives of more than 1,400 recreationists, rescue personnel, dam...
IECA Announces New Member Benefit
We are excited to introduce IECA Connect, our new online community networking tool for members to collaborate, ask questions, share ideas, seek recommendations and...
A Guide to Industrial Stormwater Program Compliance
By Julie Morelli, P.G., REM, CPESC
The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program provides a regulatory framework to authorize the discharge of stormwater from...
Compliance in the Field
Collaborative Approach Leads to Success
By Dylan Drudul, CPESC
Keeping a project on schedule, under budget and safe are some of the most important goals a...
Ara Tūhono – Puhoi to Warkworth
Overcoming Challenging Weather and Terrain
By Hannah Giess
The Ara Tūhono–Pūhoi to Warkworth Project is an 18.5-km motorway extension currently being built north of Auckland, New...
Erosion Prevention Practices for Winter Construction
By Dwayne Stenlund, MS, CPESC, MnDOT
It is clear from predictive models and field experience that the majority of sediments are lost in the wettest...
IECA Releases New Standards
By Michael A. Perez, Ph.D., CPESC, Auburn University
The IECA Standards and Practices (S&P) Committee has developed new performance-based standards for the design, installation and...
Analyzing Flow Characteristics of Wattles with a State-of-the-Art Hydraulic Flume
By J. Blake Whitman, Ph.D., PE, CPESC; Michael A. Perez, Ph.D., CPESC; Jaime C. Schussler MS.; Lan Liu, Ph.D., LEED GA, EI
Editor’s Note: This...
The Gap Between Policy and Practice
By Nancy Schumm, PWS, CPMSM, CPESC
In the 1970’s, there was a children’s animated program called Schoolhouse Rock.1 The program covered a variety of topics...
Retaining Talent Starts at the Top
by Judith M. Guido
For those of you who have read my column over the years, you know that the four foundational building blocks of...
Wildfire Effects on Erosion in California
By Rich McLaughlin, Ph.D.
While many parts of the world have a long history of fire as part of the ecosystem, climate change appears to...
A Canadian Perspective
CHALLENGES OF EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROLFOR WATERCOURSE PROJECTS
By Heather Amirault, P.E.
The traditional role of erosion and sediment control (ESC) is to keep sediment from...
Clean Water
HOW CONSTRUCTORS USE ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY TO SUCCEED
By Joe Moore, MS4 CECI
Since the inception of the Clean Water Act in 1972, businesses, regulators, engineers...
Implementing GSI Techniques and Practices
By Angel Menéndez
In coastal Georgia, the use of green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) is becoming more widely accepted. Yet Georgia’s municipalities, not unlike municipalities across...
Embracing Change and Opportunities
I think there is one thing the entire global community agrees on: The year 2020 was a statistical outlier, one that was significantly different...
Tweaking Bioretention Systems to Improve Performance
In many of our watersheds, runoff from impervious surfaces leads to both high hydraulic loads and excess nutrients in our surface waters. We’ve found...
