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 ...

As properties in urban settings, like the University, are developed, more of the natural ground surface is changed ... conducts annual parking lot sweeping and catch basin cleaning, has initiated ...

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.

In partnership with Kent County Parks, MDEQ, and other partners, the steep banks were excavated into a more natural ... Overflow Basin is engineered with a two-stage ditch and “pits and mounds” to ...

The estuary program wants to use the funds to place 60 of the traps in stormwater catch basins where litter and runoff often flow. They say this will protect critical habitats from pollution. "This ...

Sweeping streets and installing stormwater catch basins can prevent sand from entering waterways, he said. Sand though does not always stick and can bounce off the road when conditions are icy, which ...

Managing stormwater is an imperfect science ... at times overwhelmed facilities called retention treatment basins designed to catch a deluge and release it after the water has been disinfected.

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

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

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 ...

Heat kills more people than any other natural hazard ... And if we direct that water to plantings as opposed to storm drain, that is more than enough water to create and freely irrigate a ...