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Rainwater/Stormwater Infiltration in Clay Soils: A case study in the North...
In the January-February 2009 issue of Stormwater magazine, writer Christopher Estes presents monitoring data for three sites in the North Carolina Piedmont that demonstrate the success of...
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Pervious Pavers: Choosing products and installation methods
Permeable pavement is one of four recommended low-impact development (LID) methods promoted in an LID manual being developed by Sarasota County, Florida, and the Southwest Florida Water Management...
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Questions about porous pavement answered by Bruce Ferguson, the man who wrote...
In the September 2009 issue of Stormwater Magazine, Bruce Ferguson writes that since 2005, he has saved 230 files of porous pavement questions conveyed in e-mails, telephone calls, and conference...
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Rainwater Management on Vancouver Island: Report from the VICT Co-Chairs
Capturing Rain Where It Falls On the west coast, January is a month where one cannot help but think about water. For Jay Bradley it’s an opportunity to test the “source controls” he has installed...
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Rainfall Capture & Infiltration: Why a 'Simplified Integrated Design Concept...
Infiltration Systems are Filters “We don’t commonly think of infiltration systems as filters. But they are,” wrote Dr. Gary Minton in 2008 when he set the stage for a 3-part series published by...
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Private gardens are a valuable resource for urban drainage
Urban Creep According to a briefiing report released in the United Kingdom by the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Mangement in May 2010, “A recent trend is the loss of private...
View ArticleStormwater Treatment Trains: "Don't get run over", says Gary Minton
Unit Processes and Operations “The term treatment train has become ensconced in the lexicon of stormwater treatment terminology since first introduced (Horner and Skupien 1994),” wrote Gary R....
View ArticleCity of Kelowna Encourages Citizens to Adopt-a-Stream
A Commitment to the Environment Kelowna residents looking for a feel-good activity are being encouraged to participate in the City of Kelowna’s Adopt-a-Stream program. The Adopt-a-Stream program runs...
View ArticleRainwater Management in a Watershed Context – What's the Goal?
The article by Kim Stephens and Jim Dumont is a thoughtful review of the divergent goals of rainwater management in the US and Canada written from a British Columbia perspective. The two critical...
View ArticleWATER Institute at the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center in Sonoma County
In 2004 the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center (OAEC) in Sonoma County established the WATER Institute (Watershed Advocacy, Training, Education & Research) to promote an understanding of the...
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