Tag: Peer Review
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...
Restoration of Marsh Improves Water Quality and Wildlife Habitats
Three years of construction and $11.5 million later, the residents of and visitors to the South Lake Tahoe area enjoy a newly-restored marsh that...
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...
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...
Research Preview: The Development of a Sediment Control Approved Products List
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) has more than three decades of evaluating the performance of erosion control products. These products include rolled erosion...
Keep It Covered to Control Erosion
If a construction site is “out of control” from an erosion and sediment control standpoint, those in charge should review the Five Pillars of...
The Intersection of Erosion Control and Wildlife
Early erosion control focused on modifying agricultural practices and plantings, such as kudzu. Early construction erosion and sediment control techniques focused on hay bales...
Durham County Goes Electric
Inspection reports, file folders, erosion control plans, applications, deeds, project checklists…
A local erosion control program can go through a lot of paper — hardly...
