A sand filter, or "filtration basin", is a stormwater quality treatment system that works by using a two-component clarification system: the first is a sediment forebay for settling large particles ...

The rain garden is designed to catch the runoff from storms, which can bring pollutants into the bay water as it runs down ...

For years, I’ve begged for our block’s catch basins to be cleaned out on a regular schedule and for the sewer system to be expanded to handle the combined stormwater and wastewater.

Rainwater and snowmelt on Western's campus flow into the storm drain system through curb inlets and catch basins. All dirt ... No matter where the stormwater comes from on campus, it all ends up in ...

Silver Creek Overflow Basin is engineered with a two-stage ditch and “pits and mounds” to give the creek room to spread out, catch stormwater and allow it ... native plants help absorb water and ...

LittaTraps are filters that are designed like hanging ... The estuary program wants to use the funds to place 60 of the traps ...

Lake Tahoe — the largest freshwater alpine lake in North America — is world-famous for its clear blue water, but the lake ...

There’s piping in the hillside that does not divert the water but, rather, sends it cascading down the hillside into the Commons, turning the townhome neighborhood into a catch basin for the ...

including storm drains and stormwater catch basins around the beach town. The work, which is intended to improve ocean and beach water quality by capturing trash before it enters the sea ...

Three historic cemeteries, designed as refuges of the dead, are bringing their landscapes back to life for native plants and ...

LittaTraps are filters that are designed like hanging nets and go underneath storm drains to catch small debris before it can go out into the system. The estuary program wants to use the funds to ...