Tag: Environmental Connection
Dunedin’s Southern Reservoir Spillway Upgrade
Protecting the water supply for a New Zealand community was the goal of a reservoir spillway upgrade in 2019. Originally constructed in the 1880s,...
Meeting the Challenges of Rising Seas and Storm Surge
PerspectiveThis article is part of IECA’s efforts to provide different perspectives on hot topics within, or that may directly affect, the industry. The purpose...
Sinkhole Management in Kentucky: Strategies and Planned Assessments
Bowling Green, Kentucky, is a rapidly growing city of 75,000 people built entirely on a well-developed karst plain, upon which the natural drainage of...
Comprehensive, Synergistic Stormwater Channel Remediation
The Town of Big Flats, New York had a challenging series of stormwater channels on a public right-of-way. The series of stormwater channels transported...
2023 Annual Conference
2023 IECA Annual Conference and Expo
The 2023 IECA Annual Conference and Expo in Kansas City (KC), Missouri brought back our global community and a...
Rain Barrel Event Combines Fun and Education
Sustainability Through InnovationThis article is part of Environmental Connection’s mission to help grow the industry by promoting innovative research, products and technology that meet...
You Shouldn’t GROW it Alone
Trying to grow your business alone can be risky and unproductive because no one person or organization has all the necessary answers, connections and...
Covering the Soil: What’s Best?
Many of us have heard the mantra about soil erosion prevention that goes something like: “It’s the cover, dummy!” Many studies have shown that...
Turning Mining Spoils into Soil that Sustains Pastures
An unavoidable aspect of coal mining is the accumulation and piling of overburden — the rock or soil layer that needs to be removed...
Constructed Wetlands: Positive and Negative Impacts
Runoff from urban areas was first recognized as a problem for receiving waters in terms of too much volume in too short of a...
