The Delaware Department of Parks and Recreation has turned to the Delaware Clean Water State Revolving Fund to replace more than 6,200 feet of cracked sewer pipes at Cape Henlopen…
Water
Kentucky to Extend Funding for Source Water Protection
The Kentucky Division of Water (DOW) is making funding available for source water protection projects through the Source Water Protection Assistance Program (SWPAP). Protecting source water is a common-sense approach…
New Hampshire’s lnstream Flow Protection Program
When it comes to managing rivers for water quantity, the key question is, “How much is too little?” This is a particularly vexing issue given the dynamic nature of both…
Missouri’s Lincoln University Wetland Restoration Project
Wetlands play an important role in water quality and filtration, aquifer recharge, flood control, phytoremediation, and biodiversity. To demonstrate the benefits of wetlands, Lincoln University (LU) has restored a 12-acre…
New Hampshire’s Salt Applicator Certification Program
Nearly a decade ago, during the initiation of the Interstate 93 widening project in New Hampshire, the state Department of Transportation conducted an environmental impact study, which identified four watersheds…
Virginia’s Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program
Virginia has approximately one million acres of wetlands. An estimated 75 percent of these acres are palustrine vegetated wetlands, and the remaining 25 percent are estuarine wetlands. Virginia is believed…
District of Columbia’s Stormwater Retention Credit Trading Market
Managing stormwater runoff is a challenge for cities nationwide. When it rains in urban areas such as the District of Columbia, stormwater runs off rooftops, parking lots, and other impervious…
District of Columbia Maps Lead Pipes
The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) recently released an app that maps historic data for the public portion of the water service line from plumbing records,…
Mississippi Convenes Delta Water Conservation Summit
The Mississippi Governor’s Delta Sustainable Water Resources Task Force this month will host an Irrigation and Water Conservation summit aimed at educating participants on ways to increase profit margins while…
Pennsylvania Interactive Map Eases MS4 Permit Process for Local Governments
On November 21, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced a new geospatial information system (GIS) mapping website to help local governments and other entities pursuing permits for municipal…
