Tag: IECA
Floating Islands in Dubuque’s Bee Branch Creek
Located along the banks of the Mississippi River, the City of Dubuque, Iowa, USA, has a long history of dealing with flooding, particularly in...
Leveraging Solar Farms for Growth of Biocrusts
Deserts are commonly thought of as dusty places because they often are. An inherently sparse vegetation cover makes soils of arid lands more prone...
Hybrid Infrastructure: A Solution for Tomorrow’s Challenges
Gray, no, green! Green, no, gray! No, this is not the latest dress color controversy from nearly a decade ago. Instead, it is a...
Perimeter Control Alternatives to Silt Fence
As a strong physical barrier to water and sediment, silt fence has long been the default best management practice (BMP) where there is an...
Using Filtration in Basins to Meet Water Quality Requirements
In most areas, stormwater basins or ponds are the most common means of stormwater management. Basins have a proven history of being a cost-effective...
Evaluating Restoration Success
Restoring the ecosystem services and functions of areas that hold or convey water is a widespread practice, often accompanied by evaluations of the success of that effort.
Branding: Getting to the Heart of Sales
Most professionals in our industry think branding is more important for consumer — and retailed-based industries and less so for professional service-based companies. This is not true.
Accurate Chemical Dosing for Safe and Effective Stormwater Management
Chemical treatments, as authorized in the 2022 EPA Construction General Permit, have proven to be effective tools in both erosion and sediment control applications. Properly deployed, such treatments have consistently delivered positive results in removing sediment from stormwater runoff and also in making soils less vulnerable to erosion.
Mulch BMP Reduces Costs and Environmental Impact
Alabama Power Company in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, is taking the use of vegetative debris from land clearing — trees, bushes and other woody refuse...
Drones: A Practical Investment for MS4 Programs
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA, is a designated Phase I Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) with a population of approximately 200,000 residents. The...